About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0093
  • Title[4th Avenue subway construction site]
  • SummaryView of a subway construction site on 4th Avenue between 26th Street and 27th Street. Image includes railroad tracks in foreground and crane and large piece of equipment, possibly a cement mixer, in background.
  • Date1911
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate printed on recto: 7.14.1911. Stamped on verso: "Public Service Commission." Title from inscription on recto; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectCranes, derricks, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroad tracks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Subways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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