[Joralemon Street with road surface dug up]

[Joralemon Street with road surface dug up]
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Title: [Joralemon Street with road surface dug up]
Description:

Lengthwise view of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road and sidewalk reconstruction; two workers on stoop of brick building at left, one bending over in labor, the other leaning against railing; man standing on stoop beyond them; two men (blurred) standing or walking on torn up section of sidewalk at right; other workers and work cart in distant background; intersection with Garden Place in left background. Typed caption on verso: "N.E. shaft two days after completion of backfilling. Camera opposite 109 Joralemon St. 9' south of North curb."

Date: 1905
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title supplied by cataloger.
On recto: date inscribed: 23-6-05.
Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners"
Collection: Subway Construction
Subject: Streets
Streets
Construction workers
Sidewalks
Row houses
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Photographic prints.
Cyanotypes.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library.
ID: SUB 0034