| Title: | Showing cutting through of 5th Ave. looking east |
| Description: | View of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing steam shovel lettered "BUCYRUS" before large pile of dirt; men (blurred) working on top of steam engine; one man with mallet over shoulder standing before pile of dirt; freight cars on higher ground behind steam engine; tracks in foreground; billboard ("DANIEL I. O'BRIEN SHEET METAL WORKER") on side of building above embankment in background. |
| Date: | 1914 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| More Details: |
Title from inscription on recto. On recto: date inscribed: Sept-28-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart." |
| Collection: | Subway Construction [3]
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| Subject: |
Subways [4] Steam shovels [5] Billboards [6] Construction workers [7] Railroad tracks [8] |
| 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 0257 |