About This Item

  • Title[Williamsburg]
  • Call NumberBPL_1240
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of vacant lot surrounded by wood, picket fence, possibly the future site for the Williamsburgh Branch of Brooklyn Public Library, which opened in 1903, located at 240 Division Avenue. Image includes man standing and two children playing on sidewalk, and cobblestone street with trolley tracks in foreground and portions of several residential buildings in background. The image is not dated.
  • Date[190-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectCobblestone streets -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Fences -- New York (State) -- New York ; Street-railroad tracks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.