About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0034
  • Title[Joralemon Street with road surface dug up]
  • SummaryLengthwise view of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road and sidewalk reconstruction; two workers on stoop of brick building at left, one bending over in labor, the other leaning against railing; man standing on stoop beyond them; two men (blurred) standing or walking on torn up section of sidewalk at right; other workers and work cart in distant background; intersection with Garden Place in left background. Typed caption on verso: "N.E. shaft two days after completion of backfilling. Camera opposite 109 Joralemon St. 9' south of North curb."
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 23-6-05. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners".
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sidewalks -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Row houses -- 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