About This Item


  • Title[Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ceremonies]
  • Call NumberTRAN_0488
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0490, TRAN 0489, TRAN 0482, TRAN 0483, TRAN 0484, TRAN 0485, TRAN 0486, TRAN 0487), some of which may also be described in this new record; Eight views of ceremonies, at various Brooklyn locations, connected with the construction of, and opening of, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
  • Date1948-1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description8 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0482: cropped: 6 x 7 in.; 0485: 10 x 8 in. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Express highways -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Rites and ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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.