About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0004
  • TitleView from Court St. looking east on Joralemon St
  • SummaryCommercial street in Brooklyn Heights showing debris from roadwork; man in straw hat walking away from camera in left foreground; rear of Borough Hall (with awnings) at far left; elevated rail tracks in background; trolley car in right background; pedestrians throughout. Typed caption on verso: "View from Court St. looking east on Joralemon St., showing condition of street surface at that point."
  • Date1907
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 7-1-1907. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sidewalks -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal buildings -- 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