About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_1292
  • TitleBridge over Gowanus Canal at 3rd Ave
  • SummaryNine men at bridge railing looking down on debris on frozen water of Gowanus Canal; bare trees, telepone wires, and truck in background; retaining walls and patch of weedy vegetation in foreground. Inscription: "Bridge over Gowanus Canal at 3rd Ave., btwn 3rd & 4th Sts. from which two youths today caught sight of four guns (two revolvers and two automatics) and 200 rounds of ammunition on the canal ice."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 7 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Jan. 30/46; "Eagle Collection" inscription. Title from inscription on verso. Retouched; curved, dotted white line drawn on recto.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCanals ; Bridges ; Bridge railings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceGowanus Canal (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Gowanus: Canal: Bridges