About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0119
  • Title[4th Avenue construction site]
  • SummaryView of subway construction site on 4th Avenue at 17th Street. Image includes four laborers and a crane.
  • Date1911
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate printed on recto: 5.26.1911. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectDerricks, cranes, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York ; Subways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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