About This Item

  • TitleReservoir entrance
  • Call NumberBRAI_0165
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of iron gate and pillars at entrance to reservoir in Cypress Hills. The exact location is unknown.
  • Date1874
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto of copy 3. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectGates -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reservoirs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cypress Hills (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.