About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0825
  • TitleBridge across Caton Ave
  • SummaryWooden pedestrian bridge across Caton Avenue with retaining wall in left/center foreground, portion of apartment building with fire escape on far left, private home on far right, three subway cars on tracks below bridge, and several trees in background.
  • Date1916
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "[Brookl]yn Eagle photos" printed in black in lower left corner. On verso: date stamped: Aug 30, 1916; Eagle stamp. On verso: "Apartment at edge of retaining wall." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectBridges ; Retaining walls ; Subways
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle 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.
  • FolderFolder: Flatbush: Caton Avenue