About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0013
  • Title[Joralemon Street west of Henry Street]
  • SummaryLengthwise view of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road reconstruction; man in suit standing next to street sign in right foreground and looking into camera; work crew at left, with one worker on corner digging into large pile of dirt; second work crew in distant background; carriage on curb at right; brownstones on right, brick rowhouses on left. Typed caption on verso: "Progress of work on Joralemon Stree west of Henry st. View looking west."
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype & w ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 9-14-1905.
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Brownstone buildings -- 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