About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2002
  • TitleBrooklyn waterfront
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1999, NEIG 1998, NEIG 2003, NEIG 2000, NEIG 2001), some of which may also be described in this new record; Six views, in three different sizes, of sailing ships, freighters, passenger ships, and tugboats moored at Brooklyn waterfront piers. The locations, presumably including the Brooklyn Navy Yard, are unknown. 2000 shows the Manhattan skyline in the background. Three of the images are not dated.
  • Date[186-?], 1910, 1936, 1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description6 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1998: 5 x 10 in.; 1999: 7 x 8 in. On verso: date inscribed: 1999: Nov. 15/36; date stamped: 2001: Sep[t] 16, 1948; 2002: Oct. 26, 1910. Title from inscription on verso of 1998.
  • SubjectNew York Naval Shipyard ; Cargo ships -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cityscapes -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Passenger ships -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rivers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sailing ships -- New York (State) -- New York ; Waterfronts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York, N.Y.)East River (N.Y.)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: Views: Waterfront: Boats