About This Item


  • Title[Smith St. north to Degraw St. (from mid-block)]
  • Call NumberSMTH_0011
  • Cite AsSmith and Jay Street collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySurveyor's image showing Smith Street seen from sidewalk at left; grocery store with canopy at left; two women with two children (backs to camera) approaching intersection with Degraw Street at left; man crossing intersection with Degraw Street at far right; cobblestone and streetcar tracks in roadway at right; surveyor's sign reading "STA 35+00" on sidewalk in foreground.
  • Date1928
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: date inscribed: 4-18-28. Title from Brooklyn Public Library accession record.
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Grocery stores -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Street-railroad tracks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cobblestone roads -- New York (State) -- New York ; Surveying -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Carroll Gardens (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.