About This Item
- TitleGerritsen Beach
- Call NumberNEIG_1924
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1925), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images. Caption (1924): "Residents of Gerritsen Beach are preparing a vigorous protest to Borough President [Inge]rsoll against the 'dangerous condition' of Gerritsen Ave. [near Devon Avenue], a section [of] which [including several vehicles and utility poles] is shown [here]. They seek to have the 16-foot thoroughfare widened." 1925 is two 4" by 10" images showing a group of small wood-frame houses on Everett Avenue.
- Date1925, 1937
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteTitle from caption and inscription on versos.
- SubjectCity traffic -- New York (State) -- New York ; Roads -- Width -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gerritsen Beach (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.