About This Item

  • TitleUnder the Myrtle Ave. El
  • Call NumberHERZ_0235
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySection of Myrtle Avenue with intersection of Skillman Street in foreground, small, commercial/residential buildings on both sides, several parked vehicles (including two trucks), and Myrtle Avenue "El" tracks overhead.
  • Date1969
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Oct. 4, 1969; photographer's stamp. On verso: "Built in 1889; closed 12:01 a.m., last run." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectRailroads, Elevated ; Streets
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.