About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0243
  • TitleGala opening
  • SummaryEtching. Caption: "Gala opening of service on the Fulton St. Elevated [subway] Line in 1888, as observed by an artist of the period. The dignified spectators are hailing what was then the last work in progress."
  • Date1888, published 1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genreetchings (prints)gelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Feb. 1/34. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectRailroads, Elevated -- New York (State) -- New York ; Spectators -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Subways -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Subways: Els and inclines: Fulton St.: 1880's