About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0017
  • TitleWork on south curb of Joralemon street east of Hicks street
  • SummaryLengthwise view from left of residential street in Brooklyn Heights showing work crews digging trench along curb; worker in right foreground holding shovel or pole and looking at workhorse dragging slab of concrete; other workers and supervisor looking into camera or observing progress of work; large wooden planks propped against buildings for support in distant background. Typed label on verso: "Work on south curb of Joralemon street east of Hicks street. Camera near southwest corner Garden place and Joralemon street, looking west."
  • 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: 9-1-05.
  • 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 ; Row houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horses -- 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