About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2471
  • TitleMotorists beware
  • SummaryTwo boys walking along former sidewalk on tree-lined street in Mill Basin; truck on street; houses and parked automobile in background; stones and stakes on road margins in foreground. Caption: "Motorists beware -- Piles of rocks in foreground were placed there by irate home owners. The barriers, located on what formerly was a sidewalk on North side of Mill Ave. near Avenue T, are to keep cars and trucks off path. Earth fill placed over 11 streets in Mill Basin section has left residents in a cloud of dust."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 6, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectStreets ; Trucks ; Boys ; Rocks
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Mill Basin (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: Mill Basin: Neighborhoods