About This Item


  • Call NumberUNDE_0100
  • TitleBrooklyn skyline
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (UNDE 0101, UNDE 0102), some of which may also be described in this new record; Views of Brooklyn skyline from harbor; 0100 with tugboat and barge in left-center, full or nearly full spans of Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges in left background; 0101 with tugboat and barge at far right, east towers of Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges in left background; 0102 without tugboat, barge, or bridges.
  • Date1928
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's name inscribed on recto. Title and date from inscription on recto. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorUnderhill, Irving, -1960
  • SubjectCityscapes [lctgm] ; Harbors ; Tugboats ; Bridges
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsIrving I. Underhill photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderIrving I. Underhill photograph collection