About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0586
  • TitleMyrtle Ave. elevated line over Flatbush Ave. Extension
  • SummarySection of Flatbush Avenue Extension with cobblestone street with trolley tracks in foreground, many moving and parked automobiles and other vehicles, shops on both sides, elevated subway platform in center, subway entrance and theater entrance ("Photo Plays") on far right, and several commercial buildings in background.
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On recto: Eagle printed in black ink in lower right. On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 21/32; "Eagle photo" stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Railroads, Elevated ; Streets
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Downtown Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue Extension