About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0865
  • Title"Trap" for motorists
  • SummaryMan wearing overcoat standing back to camera in foreground pointing to street, two parked automobiles and two-story, brick apartment building in left background, and other buildings in far backgroundCaption: "'Trap' for motorists--Walter Finck of 4706 Tilden Ave. ... thinks of a maneuver to get his car safely through the pitted street in front of his house. The block, from Schenectady Ave. to E. 48th St., is a trap for unwary motorists, he says."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: small portion of original image appears to be missing. On verso: caption stamped: Feb. 10, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectApartment houses ; Potholes (Roads) ; Streets
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Flatbush: Neighborhoods