About This Item


  • TitleProspect Ave
  • Call NumberNEIG_1714
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of construction site: Prospect Avenue between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue with crane, building materials, several workmen, several pedestrians, several parked and moving automobiles, three stores on far left, and many residential buildings in background.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "Looking southwest from N/S Prospect Ave. between 5th & 6th Aves." printed in white along bottom. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 30, 1953. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Construction [lctgm] ; Cranes, derricks, etc
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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.