About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0161
  • Title45 St. & 4th Ave
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (probably the present R line) showing trench with scaffolding running the length of tree-lined avenue in Sunset Park; worker sitting on side of trench in right foreground looking into camera; other workers and pedestrians in background; residential buildings on both sides of street; bell tower of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church prominent in background.
  • Date1913
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on recto. On recto: date inscribed: 5.20-1913. Public Service Commission stamp on verso.
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Scaffolding -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bell towers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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 2