About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0521
  • TitleWar needs hit Fulton St
  • SummarySection of Borough Hall area of Downtown Brooklyn with several shops and commercial buildings (County Court House in far right foreground), several vehicles, several pedestrians, several street lights, and intersecting streets. Caption: "War needs hit Fulton St.--The family car has disappeared from Fulton St., as this view from Borough Hall shows, since the nation has swung into its gasoline and rubber conservation program. A bus and a taxi can be seen and only a few private automobiles on the usually busy thoroughfare."
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: May 17, 1942. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCommercial buildings ; Pedestrians ; Stores, Retail ; Streets
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Downtown Brooklyn: Borough Hall Section