About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1752
  • TitleFlatbush Ave. as it is
  • SummaryAerial view. Flatbush Avenue looking north from around Eighth Avenue, with Williamsburgh Savings Bank and other skyscrapers in background; St. Augustine's Church in left background; automobiles and pedestrians along Flatbush Avenue; large billboard in foreground reading, "Don't say sweaters, say Tish-u-Knit." Caption: "Flatbush Ave as it is -- The present 10-block section of the avenue, between the Long Island depot and Grand Army Plaza to be rehabilitated."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 4, 1945. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWilliamsburgh Savings Bank Building (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y. : Hanson Place) ; Streets ; Billboards ; Skyscrapers
  • 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: Views: Aerial