| Title: | View of Joralemon street west of Henry street, showing stone cutters at work on curb stones |
| Description: | Lengthwise view of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road reconstruction; two blurred workers in right foreground waist deep in holes they have dug; two stone cutters behind them, one looking into camera; small flag next to first stone cutter reads, "GAS FOR COOKING FOR LIGHTING FOR HEATING"; larger crew of workers, stone cutters, and supervisor at left; puddles and piles of dirt in roadway; brownstones at right, brick rowhouses at left. Typed label on verso: "View of Joralemon street west of Henry street, showing stone cutters at work on curb stones. Camera in line with east sidewalk of Henry street." |
| Date: | 1905 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| More Details: |
Title from typed caption on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 26-8-1905. |
| Collection: | Subway Construction [4]
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| Subject: |
Streets [5] Streets [5] Sidewalks [6] Construction workers [7] Brownstone buildings [8] Row houses [9] |
| 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 0019 |