About This Item


  • Title[Subway construction]
  • Call NumberTRAN_0220
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0217, TRAN 0216, TRAN 0219, TRAN 0218, TRAN 0221, TRAN 0222), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seven views of subway construction sites in various Brooklyn locations including Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, East New York, and Borough Park. Two of the images are not dated.
  • Date1914-1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description7 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0216, 0217: 5 x 7 in.; 0218: 7 x 8 in. On verso of 0219: "Photograph by James Suydam." Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectConstruction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Subways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Borough Park (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)East New York (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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.