Title: | Looking west from 20th Ave. showing progress of construction work |
Description: | View of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing two parallel tracks receeding into distance; poles with crossbars between tracks; winch or derrick before building at right; clapboard building with sign ("MAPLETON PARK OFFICE") at left; billboard ("HOME AT $5500") above clapboard building; two women (partly cut off by missing portion of corner of image) conversing at lower left. |
Date: | 1914 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
More Details: |
Title from inscription on recto. On recto: date inscribed: July -17-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart." |
Collection: | Subway Construction [3]
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Subject: |
Subways [4] Billboards [5] Railroad tracks [6] Winches [7] |
Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
Medium: |
Photographic prints. Gelatin silver 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: | SUB 0190 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/d8ff9b2036e31ac6559b584b7dd4aa07&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Subway+Construction
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Subways
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Billboards
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/r/Railroad tracks
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/w/Winches