About This Item

  • TitleProvost St. & Greenpoint Ave
  • Call NumberNEIG_1402
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo police officers (one pointing) looking down into open manhole on cobblestoned street in Greenpoint; fire hose running from manhole to hydrant behind officers; sawhorse barrier reading, "Closed -- Hways and sewers" to right of manhole; weedy sidewalk, brick building, store sign, second hydrant, and two pedestrians in background.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1950. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectPolice ; Manholes ; Sawhorses ; Fire hose
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.