About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0135
  • TitleLast step taken for Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel
  • SummaryCaption: "Last step taken for Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel--At the signing of an agreement with the R.F.C. for a $37,000,000 loan in the offices of the City Tunnel Authority at 200 Madison Ave., Manhattan, are (left to right) Chief Engineer Ole Singstad, Commissioner Albert T. Johnston, Chairman Alfred B. Jones, with the pen, and Fearson Shortridge, manager of the authority."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: July 2/40; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew 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: Tunnels: Brooklyn-Battery: Construction: General