About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0056
  • TitleView looking west showing sidewalk S. side of Joralemon St. east of Court St
  • SummaryLengthwise view from left of commercial street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road reconstruction; ivy-covered wall and iron fence at left; intersection of Joralemon Street with Court Street in middle ground; several pedestrians on sidewalk at left, including one man looking into camera; group of men standing against office building ("UNION BANK") on far side of intersection at right; construction debris and piles of dirt along curb in foreground; streetcar tracks in foreground; carriage traffic in background. Typed caption on verso: "View looking west showing sidewalk S. side of Joralemon St. east of Court St., showing rubbish heaps left by B. R. T. Co."
  • Date1904
  • 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: 9.15.1904. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Office buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Subways -- Design and construction -- 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