Title: | View looking west showing sidewalk S. side of Joralemon St. east of Court St. |
Description: | Lengthwise view from left of commercial street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road reconstruction; ivy-covered wall and iron fence at left; intersection of Joralemon Street with Court Street in middle ground; several pedestrians on sidewalk at left, including one man looking into camera; group of men standing against office building ("UNION BANK") on far side of intersection at right; construction debris and piles of dirt along curb in foreground; streetcar tracks in foreground; carriage traffic in background. Typed caption on verso: "View looking west showing sidewalk S. side of Joralemon St. east of Court St., showing rubbish heaps left by B. R. T. Co." |
Date: | 1904 |
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: 9.15.1904. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners." |
Collection: | Subway Construction [4]
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Subject: |
Streets [5] Streets [5] Office buildings [6] Subways [7] |
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 0056 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/138d5d925af61042dc238a4e994fc091&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+Heights+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Subway+Construction
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Streets
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/o/Office buildings
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Subways