About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0163
  • TitleView of sidewalk on West Side of Manhattan Ave
  • SummaryView of busy street in Williamsburg with lettering on sidewalk ("202+00"), presumably marked as site for future subway construction; trolleys and automobiles on roadway at right; pedestrians, including two men looking into camera, on sidewalk at left; storefronts along sidewalk; prominent sign hanging over sidewalk reads, 'SIDNEY PERLOW MENS FURNISHER."
  • Date1928
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed label on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 2-26-1928.
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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 2