About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0722
  • TitleAtlantic Ave. improvement
  • SummaryCaption: "The black elevated structure in upper view will be torn down if Atlantic Ave. improvement goes through and the drab building in [the] shadow at Elton St. is already [being] demolished to make way for ...;" several workmen demolishing building and one pedestrian (man) in right foreground and fire hydrant, several pedestrians, and several vehicles in right background; intersecting streets.
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately half of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date inscribed: Sept. 8/38. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectDemolition -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Streets
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (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: East New York: Atlantic Avenue