About This Item


  • TitleRepairs required before opening
  • Call NumberTRAN_0155
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0156), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption (0155): "Repairs required before opening--Borough President Cashmore points to one of 52 shattered light panels in new Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel link as Edward Clarke, employee of Department of Highways and Sewers, removes glass particles from his ladder perch. Looking on at left is Chief Borough Engineer, Charles A. Riedel." 0156 is an enlarged close-up of Clarke in same image.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0156: 8 x 10 in. On verso: date stamped; Jun[e] 26, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso of 0155.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTunnels -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationHugh L. Carey Tunnel (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.