About This Item

  • TitleSurveyors
  • Call NumberNEIG_0649
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Surveyors with transits appeared today to measure off the spaces to be occupied by the Brooklyn Bridge Plaza. This is the first indication of actual work on the long talked of borough improvement. [Two] men are measuring space at Fulton and Johnson Sts. where entire block will be razed;" Three other men (one is reading) standing in front of Western Union office on right, portion of lamp (?) pole in left foreground, and several bicycles in front of building in left background.
  • Date1935
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: June 19/35. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectSurveyors ; Telegraph stations
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.