About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0012
  • Title[Joralemon Street looking west]
  • SummaryLengthwise view of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road reconstruction; sidewalks empty except for one man bending over stoop at left; stacks of sandbags on sidewalk at right; brownstones at right, brick rowhouses at left; two large planks propped diagonally against buildings in background. Typed caption on verso: "Work on street. Camera in line with west wall of #94 Joralemon street looking west."
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 9.25.1905.
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sandbags -- New York (State) -- New York ; Brownstone buildings -- 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