About This Item

  • TitleWPA sewer job
  • Call NumberWORK_0871
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Reconstruction of the ancient Flatbush storm and sanitary sewer main along Foster Ave., which was in danger of collapse, is proceeding rapidly. Photo shows the E. 16th St. section of the project, the latest WPA sewer job in Brooklyn, ready for concreting." Image includes portions of residential buildings on both sides.
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped and retouched. On verso: date inscribed: 1/11/40; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorWorks Progress Administration, Art Project
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSewage disposal -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.