About This Item


  • Title[Jay St. from Myrtle Ave.]
  • Call NumberSMTH_0005
  • Cite AsSmith and Jay Street collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySurveyor's image showing intersection of Jay Street and Myrtle Avenue; horse pulling cart loaded with boards at left; drugstore on corner at right; cobblestone with street car tracks in foreground; construction crew doing roadwork in background.
  • Date1928
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: date inscribed: 3-29-28. Title from Brooklyn Public Library accession record.
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Carroll Gardens (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.