About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0639
  • TitleFor Yule rush
  • SummaryCaption: "For Yule rush--Preparing for Christmas crowds on Fulton St., the Police Department has set up stanchions, as seen in this picture, to designate where bus-loading lines will be established for the three routes which utilize the street--the Fulton St., Gates Ave. and 3d Ave. lines. This shot is at Smith St;" several shops ("Wilson's," "Crown Drug Stores," and "Arthur Murray") and commercial buildings, two sidewalk street lights on tall poles (one with street sign: "Smith St."), and many pedestrians; street in foreground.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 4, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPedestrians ; Stores, Retail ; Street lighting ; Streets
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Fulton Street (2)