[Subway construction, probably on Eastern Parkway] - Digital Collections

Call NumberSUB_0187
Title[Subway construction, probably on Eastern Parkway]
SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the 2 and the 3 line) showing large excavation on tree-lined street; two surveyors with equipment on mound of dirt at right side of excavation; other workers on top of and under scaffolding at left side of excavation; tracks partly visible beneath scaffolding; row houses with window awnings behind screen of trees in left background; single park bench on edge of embankment in left foreground.
Date1917
Formatstill image
Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 9-11-1917.
SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Embankments -- New York (State) -- New York ; Surveyors -- New York (State) -- New York
CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown 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 2