About This Item
- TitleProvost St. & Greenpoint Ave
- Call NumberNEIG_1402
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryTwo police officers (one pointing) looking down into open manhole on cobblestoned street in Greenpoint; fire hose running from manhole to hydrant behind officers; sawhorse barrier reading, "Closed -- Hways and sewers" to right of manhole; weedy sidewalk, brick building, store sign, second hydrant, and two pedestrians in background.
- Date1950
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1950. Title from inscription on verso.
- SubjectPolice ; Manholes ; Sawhorses ; Fire hose
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Greenpoint (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.