About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0666
  • TitleShock to tick tock
  • SummaryCaption: "Shock to tick tock--This huge clock was removed from in front of 288 Livingston St. early today to be set up at Jacob Riis Park for the convenience of boardwalk strollers and bathers for what may be another 50 years of service;" clock being loaded onto flatbed truck by two workmen, pedestrian (man) standing in far right foreground, several retail shops (including "treadway Shoes") on right, movie theater marquee in right background, Fox Theatre marquee in left background.
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Mar. 4, 1941. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectClocks and watches ; Motion picture theaters ; Stores, Retail ; Trucks
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Downtown Brooklyn: Livingston Street