About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0221
  • TitleShowing detail of footbridge and concrete roofing of arches for 14th Ave. bridge looking south
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing two men standing on edge of retaining walls on edge of tunnel (not seen); two planks serving as footbridge next to man in center; two pedestrians crossing temporary wooden bridge at left; man (hidden) behind lamppost and utility pole in foreground; billboards and signs on buildings in background, including one for Luna Park (left) and one for pianos ("$3 TERMS TO SUIT EVERYBODY").
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 12 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on recto. On recto: date inscribed: Aug-25-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart."
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Billboards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bridges -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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 3