About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0286
  • TitleMyrtle Avenue elevated structure
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0288, TRAN 0287, TRAN 0284, TRAN 0285, TRAN 0282, TRAN 0283, TRAN 0281), some of which may also be described in this new record; Eight views of the Myrtle Avenue elevated subway structure in Downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene. Five of the images are construction or demolition sites. 0288 shows three subway cars on tracks at unidentified station.
  • Date1932-1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description8 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0281: 9 x 6 in.; 0288: 7 x 12 in. Title from caption on verso of 0281.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectConstruction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Demolition -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Subways -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Subways: Els and inclines: Myrtle Ave