About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0683
  • TitleGift to Brooklyn
  • SummaryCaption: "Gift to Brooklyn--Snow being dumped from a Department of Public Works truck at Washington and High Sts. Department boss John Splain says it was removed from the Brooklyn Bridge;" Several apartment houses (one with fire escape on front) and truck with sign, "Burns Bros." in background.
  • Date1947
  • 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: Mar. 1, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectApartment houses ; Dump trucks ; Snow removal ; Trucks
  • 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: Washington Street