About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1055
  • TitleOld Bigmouth
  • SummaryCloseup of cannon in Fort Hamilton Park with several cannon balls in foreground, portion of bicycle in left foreground, and many trees in background. Caption: "Today is the 89th birthday of 'Old Bigmouth.' That's what Brooklyn residents call this 20-inch Rodman cannon which was first fired on Oct. 25, 1864."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Oct. 25, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectOrdnance ; Parks
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Fort Hamilton: Military: Guns