[Joralemon Street with derrick on construction site]
Title: | [Joralemon Street with derrick on construction site] |
Description: | Lengthwise view of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road and sidewalk reconstruction; large wooden derrick built over excavation at left; worker to the right of derrick (back to camera) walking down street; four-wheel carriage (horse not visible) to the right of worker; loose stones, planks, puddle, and construction debric in left foreground; brownstones at right, brick row houses at left. Typed caption on verso: "General view of S.E. shaft[.] Camera near S.W. corner of Henry and Joralemon Sts., looking West." |
Date: | 1905 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.) |
More Details: |
Title supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 5.22.1905. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners." |
Collection: | Subway Construction
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Subject: |
Streets Streets Sidewalks Cranes, derricks, etc Horse-drawn vehicles Construction workers Brownstone 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 0038 |