About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0018
  • TitleWork on north curb of Joralemon street east of Hicks street
  • SummaryLengthwise view of residential street in Brooklyn Heights showing work crews digging trench along curb; one worker in trench looking up at camera; other workers at labor or observing progress of work; blurred moving figures in right and left foreground; prominent striped awning on over entrance to brownstone at right; girl with ponytail walking down street (back to camera) in distant left background. Typed label on verso: "Work on north curb of Joralemon street east of Hicks street. Camera in front of #91 looking west."
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On verso: date typed: Sep. 1, 05.
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sidewalks -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Brownstone buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Awnings -- 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