About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0073
  • TitleSidewalk conditions on southeast corner of Pearl and Willoughby Streets looking south from roadway of Willoughby St
  • SummaryView from corner of cast-iron, storefront bar in Brooklyn Heights (no longer extant) with signs reading, 'EDW. F. BULGER," "[JA]COB RUPPERT'S KNICKERBOCKER," and "BULGER'S CARSTAIRS WHISKEY"; two men (blurred) passing each other on sidewalk at right; cobblestone paving and drainage grate in foreground.
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 3-23-1915.
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sidewalks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cast-iron fronts (Architecture) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bars (Drinking establishments) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- 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 Photograph;s Box 1