About This Item

  • TitleNew tunnel
  • Call NumberTRAN_0613
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "New tunnel--A Long Island [Rail Road] train about to enter the new Atlantic Ave. tube which goes into actual operation early tomorrow. The scene is at the entrance near Jamaica." Image includes man and woman standing in doorway of last car, seven men standing on tracks, one man walking, back to camera, on far left, and six other men standing on ground, above train, in right background.
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 27, 1942; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRailroad trains -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceJamaica (New York, N.Y.)Queens (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.