About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0068
  • Title137 & 139 Joralemon St. from street 5 ft. north of hydrant
  • SummaryView from left of three townhouses in Brooklyn Heights; wooden townhouse at left (partial view) smallest of the three, with dormer window and ornamental porch screen; brick townhouse in center largest of the three, with overhanging cornice; brick townhouse at right with ivy climbing up side of drainpipe and spreading toward top; empty street corner in foreground.
  • Date1903
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 10-10-1903. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectRow houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn 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 1