| Title: | Orphans of the storm |
| Description: | Overhead view of long line of pedestrians waiting outside of large, Romanesque traffic court at 1005 Bedford Avenue (apparently closed in 1962 and then demolished); policeman overseeing crowd from top step of entrance arch; subway entrance on street corner in right foreground; police car and taxi cab on slushy road before traffic court; snow piled on sidewalks. Caption: "Orphans of the Storm: These are some of the thousands of [illegible] their cars were tagged during the big snow. [Illegible] motorists who had to appear at Brooklyn Traffic court today . . . " |
| Date: | 1948 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Clinton Hill (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 2, 1948; "Eagle photo." Grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Government [4]
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| Subject: |
Traffic courts [5] Lost architecture [6] Queues [7] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| 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: | GOVT 0205 |