[Southeast corner of Court and Joralemon Streets] - Digital Collections

Call NumberSUB_0003
Title[Southeast corner of Court and Joralemon Streets]
SummaryIntersection in Brooklyn Heights showing work crews digging up streets and piles of dirt at right and left; man standing on wooden cart harnessed to two horses in center; sun umbrella on cart; portion of blurred four-wheel carriage at left; prominent sign on storefront at left reads, "BLANK BOOKS AND DIARIES"; trolley tracks in foreground. Typed caption on verso: "Camera on sidewalk S.E. corner Court & Joralemon Sts. looking west showing N.Y.M.&N.T.Co. work."
Date1907
Formatstill image
Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 8-7-1907. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- 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