About This Item


  • Title51 St. & New Utrecht Av
  • Call NumberRUTT_0116
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo streets intersecting on diagonal; trolley tracks, cobblestone, and manhole cover in foreground; vacant lot in right foreground; portion of girder for elevated subway line before vacant lot; children clustered on sidewalk before apartment building in left foreground (one child on bicycle in street); group of other children in middle of road in background; bare trees, telephone poles, and houses along receding street.
  • Date1919
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and date (2/12/19) from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectStreet-railroad tracks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cobblestones ; Manhole covers
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New Utrecht (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.