About This Item

  • Title[Sheepshead Bay Speedway]
  • Call NumberNEIG_1840
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1837), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Sheepshead Bay Speedway during construction. 1837 shows racetrack during final stage of construction; 1840 is a construction site with several laborers standing in left foreground.
  • Date[191-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectConstruction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Laborers -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Racetracks (Automobile racing) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.