About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0257
  • TitleShowing cutting through of 5th Ave. looking east
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing steam shovel lettered "BUCYRUS" before large pile of dirt; men (blurred) working on top of steam engine; one man with mallet over shoulder standing before pile of dirt; freight cars on higher ground behind steam engine; tracks in foreground; billboard ("DANIEL I. O'BRIEN SHEET METAL WORKER") on side of building above embankment in background.
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 12 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on recto. On recto: date inscribed: Sept-28-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart."
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Steam shovels -- New York (State) -- New York ; Billboards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroad tracks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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 3