About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0626
  • TitleImprovement coming up
  • SummaryCaption: "Improvement coming up--Construction work at Fulton and Duffield Sts. will result in widening of the Hoyt St., West Side, I.R.T. subway station platforms;" several shops (including "Chock Full o' Nuts" in foreground) and pedestrians on right, large truck, derrick, and trash receptacle in left foreground, and portions of several commercial buildings in background.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 9, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCranes, derricks, etc ; Pedestrians ; Refuse and refuse disposal ; Stores, Retail ; Trucks
  • 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: Fulton Street (3)