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East New York Avenue

Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in a print and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection
Date: May 22, 1912; 1912-05-22 Material: gelatin silver prints Dimension: 5 x 7 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:15538 wjr-000997 wjr-000997.tif

Description: A view of East New York Avenue, looking toward the Long Island Rail Road crossing at Vest Avenue (now Van Sinderen Avenue). On the corner at right, the building with the fabric awning is the Commercial Hotel. Billboards on the frame building farther to the right feature advertisements for Washington Crisps Cornflakes, Quaker Cornmeal, Platt's Chlorides, and Dr. Lyon's Tooth Powder. See record wjr-001001 for a view of this intersection after tunnel construction has begun.

Collection : aql:9443

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : May 22, 1912; 1912-05-22

Summary/Description : A view of East New York Avenue, looking toward the Long Island Rail Road crossing at Vest Avenue (now Van Sinderen Avenue). On the corner at right, the building with the fabric awning is the Commercial Hotel. Billboards on the frame building farther to the right feature advertisements for Washington Crisps Cornflakes, Quaker Cornmeal, Platt's Chlorides, and Dr. Lyon's Tooth Powder. See record wjr-001001 for a view of this intersection after tunnel construction has begun.

Subject : Long Island Rail Road; Railroad crossings; Streets

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : East New York Avenue at Vesta Avenue (now Van Sinderen Avenue), Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) East New York (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin silver prints; 5 x 7 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:15538 wjr-000997 wjr-000997.tif

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Subject:
Long Island Rail Road; Railroad crossings; Streets
Rights Notice
Copyright holder unknown


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