About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0470
  • TitleDigging in
  • SummaryGroundbreaking ceremony with large poster behing participants and several spectators (one is holding an umbrella), portions of two commercial (?) buildings, retail store ("Kenat Luggage"), and portion of parking lot sign in background. Caption: "Digging in--This happened Oct. 9, 1948, when ground was broken for the Board of Transportation Building. The first spadefuls were turned up by, left to right, William Reid, then chairman of the board, William O'Dwyer, mayor at the time, and Borough President Cashmore."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 10, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; New York (N.Y.). Department of Transportation ; Ground breaking ceremonies [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Board of Transportation Building