About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0027
  • TitleWork along north curb of Joralemon street west of Henry street, looking west
  • SummaryLengthwise view of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road and sidewalk reconstruction; pedestrian in foreground looking down at workers and stone cutters in trench at left; work crews and horse and carriage along street in background; two workers repairing brownstone stoop at right and looking into camera; street trees covered with protective netting; brownstones at right, row houses at left.
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 9-1-1905.
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sidewalks -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Stone-cutters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Brownstone buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Row houses -- 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