About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0961
  • TitleGasoline station
  • SummaryCaption: "This gasoline station on the northwest corner of Metropolitan Ave. and Roebling St. is less than the 200-foot distance required by law from Public School 17, shown in the background."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Aug. 19/39. Small rectangular piece missing from bottom right. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 17 (New York, N.Y.) ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Service stations -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: Stores: Gas stations: General