About This Item


  • TitleBuilding a better Brooklyn
  • Call NumberWORK_0320
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Building a better Brooklyn--Evidence of the post-war strides being taken by the borough's industry is this eight-story factory under construction at Flushing and Marcy Aves. by Charles Pfizer & Company, Inc."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep[t[ 21, 1946; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBuilding construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Factories -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.