About This Item


  • TitleEastern Parkway w. of Washington Ave
  • Call NumberSUB_0183
  • Cite AsSubway Construction Photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the 2 and the 3 line) looking down from street into deep excavation supported by scaffolding; three men in black coats, perhaps engineers or suyverors, at bottom of excavation in foreground; temporary wooden bridge over rear of excavation; cement mixer near wooden bridge; apartment buildings and bare trees in background.
  • Date1918
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and photographer's name from typed caption on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 12-22-18.
  • CreatorPullis, G. W.
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Scaffolding -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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.