About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0621
  • TitleThe "L" crouches over Fulton St
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0615), some of which may also be described in this new record; Section of Fulton Street, near Borough Hall, in Downtown Brooklyn with section of park with street light and men sitting on benches in foreground, two trolley cars, horse-drawn wagon, automobile, shops, elevated subway station, two large billboards ("Prudence Bonds" and "Mazola"), and intersecting streets. Caption: "Intersection as it appeared in 1927, the former Brooklyn Eagle building now rising in the background. But the 'L' still crouches over Fulton St. and the noisy trolley has replaced the horse."
  • Date1953
  • 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: Jun[e] 14, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBillboards ; Parks ; Railroads, Elevated ; Subway stations ; Trolley cars
  • 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