About This Item

  • TitleLorimer & Boerum Sts
  • Call NumberRUTT_0132
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryIntersection of Lorimer Street and Boerum Street in Williamsburg, business district with stores on ground floor of apartment houses, many pedestrians, trolley car, truck, horse-drawn vehicle, and several telephone poles and overhead lines.
  • Date1919
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: Inscription: "From Lorimer & Boerum Sts. to Lorimer & Johnson Ave.," date: 9/4/19, and "Rutter" printed in white ink at bottom. Title from inscription on.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectApartment houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Business districts -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.