[Road work near Borough Hall]
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| Title: | [Road work near Borough Hall] |
| Description: | Intersection in Brooklyn Heights showing wooden barrier around road work site; several men standing around barrier and looking down into pit; Borough Hall with clock tower at left; former courthouse building (since destroyed) with elaborate mansard roof in right background; sign for undertaker in storefront at right; elevated rail tracks, trolley car, and horse and carriage in background. Inscription on verso: "Camera in roadway at sts. 112 + 70 looking east showing obstructions at N.W. & S.W. corners of Court & Joralemon Sts." |
| Date: | 1906 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.) |
| More Details: |
Title supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 7-20-1906. |
| Collection: | Subway Construction
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| Subject: |
Streets Streets Municipal buildings Lost architecture |
| 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 0007 |
