About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0051
  • TitleCamera in front of 84 Joralemon St., Bkln., looking west
  • SummaryLengthwise view from left of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road and sidewalk reconstruction; intersection with Hicks Street at left; two boys with basket and small dog on right corner; two men at opposite sides of intersection on left corner; buildings past left intersection with large planks propped against them for support. Typed caption on verso: "Camera in front of 84 Joralemon St., Bkn., looking west, showing bare ground where snow has melted about the compressed air pipes."
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed label on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 2.17.1905. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- 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