About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2463
  • TitleSparetime fishing fleet
  • SummaryMany boats, several small buildings, and one man (right foreground) in Mill Basin harbor. Caption: "Sparetime fishing fleet--Their new coats of paint glistening in the sun, here are a few of Brooklyn's 5,000 amateur fishing craft."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 20, 1947; "Eagle staff photo" on caption. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectFishing boats ; Harbors ; Marinas
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Mill Basin (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: Mill Basin: Harbor