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[Subway construction on 4th Ave.]

[Subway construction on 4th Ave.]
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Title: [Subway construction on 4th Ave.]
Description:

Aerial view of construction site for subway line (probably the present R line) showing scaffolding running along the middle of 4th Ave. in Sunset Park; pedestrians on sidewalks and horse-drawn vehicles on roadway; residential buildings on both sides of street; bell tower of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church prominent in background.
Date: 1913
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2]
Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.) [3]
More Details: Title supplied by cataloger.
On recto: date inscribed: 7.2.1913.
Public Service Commission stamp on verso.
Collection: Subway Construction [4]
Subject: Subways [5]
Streets [6]
Scaffolding [7]
Bell towers [8]
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Photographic prints.
Gelatin silver prints.
Aerial views.
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 0160
 
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[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Sunset+Park+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Subway+Construction
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Subways
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Streets
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Scaffolding
[8] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Bell towers