About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0616
  • TitleFulton Street "L"
  • SummaryAerial view: Caption: "The shadow of 1885 lies heavy on the Brooklyn of 1938. Here is the obsolete 'L' along Fulton St., looking east from Borough Hall;" many residential and commercial buildings, subway in elevated station, one trolley (or bus), several pedestrians, and flag flying from roof of building in right foreground.
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately half of original image appears to be missing. On verso; date inscribed: Feb. 21/38. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBuildings [lctgm] ; Flags ; Railroads, Elevated ; Subway stations
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Downtown Brooklyn: Fulton Street (4)