About This Item


  • TitleLooking east on Fulton St. from Borough Hall
  • Call NumberNEIG_0512
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySection of Borough Hall area of Downtown Brooklyn, looking east on Fulton Street from Borough Hall, with large billboard ("Three Feathers") in upper left, several commercial and office buildings, many moving and parked vehicles including automobiles, two moving buses, one moving truck, one trolley car (partial), many pedestrians, and intersecting streets.
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "After removal of Fulton St. el.; looking east on Fulton St. from Borough Hall, 3/23/42 - 19470, Rutte[r]." printed in white ink at bottom of image. Title from caption on recto.
  • CreatorRutter, John, 1945-
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Billboards ; Commercial buildings ; Streets
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.