[Early stage of subway construction on Eastern Parkway with steam shovel] - Digital Collections

Call NumberSUB_0181
Title[Early stage of subway construction on Eastern Parkway with steam shovel]
SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the 2 and the 3 line) showing pedestrians milling about tree-lined sidewalk median; wooden barrier seperating some pedestrians from others; steam shovel at right; vacant field at left; trolley tracks crossing cobblestone street in foreground; sign at road crossing on median reads, "92+50."
Date1915
Formatstill image
Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 7-6-1915.
SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Steam shovels -- New York (State) -- New York
CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown 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 2