About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1884
  • TitleEmmons Ave
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1883, NEIG 1880), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three aerial views. Caption (1880): "Emmons Ave. and the bay [Sheepshead Bay] are shown as they appeared ... before WPA financing and ... WPA labor began their job of facelifting which transformed the section into its present handsome appearance."
  • Date1931-1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1880: 6 x 10 in. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectHarbors -- New York (State) ; Waterfronts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Sheepshead Bay: Emmons Avenue