About This Item


  • TitleBrooklyn waterfront
  • Call NumberNEIG_2010
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2332, NEIG 2333, NEIG 2334, NEIG 2011, NEIG 2012, NEIG 2006, NEIG 2007, NEIG 2004, NEIG 2005, NEIG 2008, NEIG 2009), some of which may also be described in this new record; Twelve views of the Brooklyn waterfront, mostly, presumably, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 2004 shows a construction site; five of the images show moored or moving vessels including tugboats, barges, and an aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise; 2007 is a close-up view of a freight car on a pier; 2010 is a partial view of a warehouse and a man and boy walking in the foreground; 2012 shows a crowd of people either boarding or disembarking from a passenger ship; five of the images Manhattan skyline in the background and four of them include a portion of the Brooklyn Bridge; three of the images show ice in the East River. Seven of the images are not dated.
  • Date1912, 1926, 1937, 1940, 1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description12 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note2004: 7 x 9 in.; 2010: 10 x 8 in. On verso: 2004 :date stamped: Oct. 20, 1912; date inscribed: 2007: 1937; 2010: April, 1955; 2333: Jan. 29, 1940; 2334: Feb. 8/26. Title from inscription on verso of 2007.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNew York Naval Shipyard ; Aircraft carriers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Barges -- New York (State) ; Cityscapes -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ice on rivers, lakes, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York ; Passenger ships -- New York (State) -- New York ; Piers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Freight cars -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tugboats -- New York (State) -- New York ; Warehouses -- New York (State) ; Waterfronts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.