About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0005
  • Title[Sidewalk coping on Court Street]
  • SummaryCommercial street in Brooklyn Heights showing expanse of sidewalk with new coping in foreground, bordered by neat pile of rubble at right; trolley car passing in blur in left background; prominent sign for undertaker in storefront at far left; portion of horse in harness at far right; pedestrians throughout. Typed caption on verso: "Camera on sidewalk at coping in front of west entrance to Borough Hall looking southwest, showing Court & Joralemon Sts."
  • Date1907
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 4.3.1907. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sidewalks -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Office buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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 1