About This Item

  • TitleView of downtown Brooklyn taken from Edison Bldg
  • Call NumberRUTT_0089
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view. Jumble of buildings and rooftops in downtown Brooklyn; Brooklyn General Post Office at left; Manhattan Bridge, Empire State Building, and Manhattan skyline in background; street lined with parked automobiles cutting through picture in right center.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp; date inscribed: Sept. 1949. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectTall buildings ; Streets ; Roofs
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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.