About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0074
  • TitleSidewalk conditions on south side of Willoughby St. looking west from opposite #11, on the north side of Willoughby St
  • SummaryLengthwise view of commercial street in Brooklyn Heights showing pedestrians waiting for arriving streetcar at trolley station; billboards along sidewalk at left for "SCHULTE'S CIGAR STORE" and "WILLIAM K. TR[I]PLER MEN'S FURNISHER"; discarded newspaper on sidewalk in left foreground; marquee reading 'CITIZEN" on building at right; elevated rail tracks with passing train (blurred) in bakcground; Temple Bar and other office buildings beyond elevated rail tracks.
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 6-11-1915.
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sidewalks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Billboards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroads, Elevated -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsSubway Construction Photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderSubway Construction Photographs; Box 1