About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_1234
  • TitleProgress
  • SummarySection of Court Street with several parked and moving vehicles, several high-rise office buildings, street light and trolley station in left foreground, and flag flying from building in right foreground. Caption: "Progress--Court St., main stem of downtown Brooklyn's business district, which has consistently failed to display the colors on national holidays, finally hoisted the American flag (one) today in observance of Lincoln's birthday. The lone tribute was unfirled at Court and Remsen Sts."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 12, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Office buildings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Brooklyn Heights: Court Street