About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0286
  • TitleAs it is now
  • SummaryCaption: "As it is now--This is [an aerial view of] the modern plant of the Karp Metal Products Company of 215 63d St., built in 1948, 23 years after Milton J. Karp started his company with an investment of only $3,000 and a handful of workers." Image includes several parked automobiles.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: May 10, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorVandivert, William
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Factories -- New York (State) -- New York ; Metal trade -- New York (State) -- New York ; Metalworking industries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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: Factories: Metal: Karp Metal Products Co