About This Item


  • TitleGowanus Parkway
  • Call NumberTRAN_0545
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0543, TRAN 0544, TRAN 0547, TRAN 0546, TRAN 0541, TRAN 0540, TRAN 0536, TRAN 0542, TRAN 0538, TRAN 0539), some of which may also be described in this new record; Eleven views of section of the Gowanus Parkway in various Brooklyn locations including Park Slope and Bay Ridge. 0538 is an aerial view. All of the images include automobiles and most include congested city traffic. 0536 includes close-up of street signs in right foreground.
  • Date1941-1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description11 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0538: 10 x 8 in. Title from inscription on verso of 0538.
  • SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; City traffic -- New York (State) -- New York ; Express highways -- New York (State) -- New York ; Street signs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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.