About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0052
  • TitleCamera on sidewalk near n.e. corner of Henry & Joralemon Sts., Bkn., looking west
  • SummaryView from corner of residential streets in Brooklyn Heights in process of road reconstruction; large construction shed and derrick at left; smaller construction shed at right; men (some blurred) working in front of larger construction shed; worker in helmet standing on corner in right foreground and looking into camera; piles of snow and ice and construction debris throughout. Typed caption on verso: "Camera on sidewalk near n.e. corner Henry & Joralemon Sts., Bkn., looking west, showing general view about shafts #1 & 2."
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 2.17.1905. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Derricks, cranes, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Row houses -- 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