Condition of street at corner of Hicks and Joralemon Sts.

Condition of street at corner of Hicks and Joralemon Sts.
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Title: Condition of street at corner of Hicks and Joralemon Sts.
Description:

Lengthwise view from right of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road reconstruction; piles of rock and debris on corners at right and left; street mostly empty except for male pedestrian on corner in right foreground and parent or guardian pushing baby carriage behind him; ivy-covered building (perhaps church) and utility poles along street at left. Typed caption on verso: "Condition of street at corner of Hicks and Joralemon Sts. Camera on sidewalk at southeast corner, looking north."

Date: 1905
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title from typed caption on verso.
On recto: date inscribed: 15-7-1905.
Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
Collection: Subway Construction
Subject: Streets
Streets
Row houses
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 0030