About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0162
  • TitleLooking N., showing W. sidewalk 4th Av., bet. B. R. Parkway & 67 St
  • SummaryView of unpaved street in Bay Ridge, presumably the site of future subway construction (the present R line); road surface dug up in foreground; man with bowler hat standing next to industrial machinery in middle ground; worker at far left leaning over wooden crate; hillocks with trees along sidewalk at left; horse-drawn vehicles along street at right.
  • Date1912
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed label on verso; partially supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 10.17-1912. Public Service Commission stamp on verso.
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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 2