About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0011
  • Title[Paving of Joralemon Street]
  • SummaryLengthwise view of street of brownstones in Brooklyn Heights in process of road reconstruction; piles of dirt and rubble along both sides of street; worker with cart or carriage in middle of street; make-shift wooden barrier in foreground; wooden booth on street at right; pedestrians walking along sidewalk at left. Typed caption on verso: "Work on street. Camera 20' east of Henry street looking west."
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Inscription and date on recto: "Con #2. Henry & Joralemon St. 9.25.1905."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Brownstone 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