About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0019
  • TitleView of Joralemon street west of Henry street, showing stone cutters at work on curb stones
  • SummaryLengthwise view of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road reconstruction; two blurred workers in right foreground waist deep in holes they have dug; two stone cutters behind them, one looking into camera; small flag next to first stone cutter reads, "GAS FOR COOKING FOR LIGHTING FOR HEATING"; larger crew of workers, stone cutters, and supervisor at left; puddles and piles of dirt in roadway; brownstones at right, brick rowhouses at left. Typed label on verso: "View of Joralemon street west of Henry street, showing stone cutters at work on curb stones. Camera in line with east sidewalk of Henry street."
  • 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: 26-8-1905.
  • 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 ; 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