About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0415
  • TitleFifth Avenue Association of Bay Ridge,
  • SummaryCaption: "... Members of the Fifth Avenue Association of Bay Ridge arose ... to greet the first bus that marked service of the 5th Ave. line. They boarded the bus at 78th St. and 5th Ave, and watched the last trolley roll into oblivion. In the group were William Luhrssen, Carl Mahler, Robert Isaksen, Edward Stuepel, George Gasser, Raymond R. Flood, president of the association, Mrs. Rose Victor, Robert McKinnon, Ray Flood, Jr. and Vincent Gilroy. ..." There is a large sign in background and bus driver seated in far right foreground.
  • Date1949
  • 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 stamped: Feb. 24, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorModerne Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFifth Avenue Association of Bay Ridge (New York, N.Y.) ; Buses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Buses: General