About This Item


  • TitleBelt Parkway
  • Call NumberTRAN_0445
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0450, TRAN 0448, TRAN 0449, TRAN 0444, TRAN 0446, TRAN 0447, TRAN 0440, TRAN 0441, TRAN 0442, TRAN 0443, TRAN 0439, TRAN 0453, TRAN 0455, TRAN 0452, TRAN 0454, TRAN 0451), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seventeen views of construction on the Belt Parkway which was completed in 1941. 0454: caption: "... Supreme Court Justice Charles C. Lockwood (center) amd Assitant Corporation Counsels John Henry (left) and Herman Meltzer ..." 0455 shows Parkway after widening.
  • Date1938-1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description17 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0439: 7 x 4 in.; 0440: 5 x 8 in.; 0442: 6 x 9 in.; 0443: 6 x 9 in.; 0444: 5 x 9 in.; 0445: 5 x 10 in.; 0446: 7 x 10 in.; 0455: 7 x 12 in. Title from caption on verso of 0440.
  • SubjectExpress highways -- New York (State) -- New York ; Roads -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.