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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(LAND SURVEYING--BROOKLYN) A contemporary binder containing 33 photographs relating to surveys for the Prospect Expressway, in the Windsor Terrace and Greenwood neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York. With various street scenes of downtown Brooklyn neighborhoods, some desolate, and others complete with storefronts, automobiles, gas stations, and an abundance of period signage. Many of the photographs include a surveyor's board displaying numeric notations in white chalk, and some with a surveyor standing by. Silver prints, the images measuring 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), and the reverse, nearly all with notations in the negative identifying the location, date, and surveying information, and some with notations, in pencil, on verso. 1928-50; printed 1970s
WITH--A group of 13 photographs pertaining to streetcar and subway surveying. Each with scenes of streetcar rails or elevated subway platforms. Silver prints, the images measuring 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), with notations identifying the location, line, project, and date, in the negative. 1940-50; printed later.
AND--A suite of 25 photographs of Brooklyn street scenes, with many including storefronts, advertising, and two depicting the scene of a plane crash. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), and the reverse, many with notations and hand stamps on verso. Circa 1920-50.
