View of Joralemon street west of Henry street, showing stone cutters at work on curb stones
Title: | View of Joralemon street west of Henry street, showing stone cutters at work on curb stones |
Description: | Lengthwise view of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road reconstruction; two blurred workers in right foreground waist deep in holes they have dug; two stone cutters behind them, one looking into camera; small flag next to first stone cutter reads, "GAS FOR COOKING FOR LIGHTING FOR HEATING"; larger crew of workers, stone cutters, and supervisor at left; puddles and piles of dirt in roadway; brownstones at right, brick rowhouses at left. Typed label on verso: "View of Joralemon street west of Henry street, showing stone cutters at work on curb stones. Camera in line with east sidewalk of Henry street." |
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: 26-8-1905. |
Collection: | Subway Construction
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Subject: |
Streets Streets Sidewalks Construction workers Brownstone buildings 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 0019 |