Looking west from 20th Ave. showing retaining wall, roadbed and 20th Ave. station
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| Title: | Looking west from 20th Ave. showing retaining wall, roadbed and 20th Ave. station |
| Description: | View of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing surveyors taking measurements on tracks in middle ground; crowd of bystanders at left watching them; partly built subway platform with columns at right; two billboards above embankment at left reading, "HOME AT $5500. SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER" and "MAPLETON PARK OFFICE." |
| Date: | 1914 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| More Details: |
Title from inscription on recto. On recto: date inscribed: Aug-25-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart." |
| Collection: | Subway Construction
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| Subject: |
Subways Billboards Railroad tracks Surveyors |
| 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 0211 |
