About This Item

  • TitleEnd of a landmark
  • Call NumberWORK_1095
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "End of a landmark--This gas storage tank at 65th St. and 9th Ave., long a Brooklyn landmark, is being torn down for the 750,000 tons of scrap iron it will provide for the defense effort."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 26, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDemolition -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Gasholders -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.