About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_1832
  • TitleDamage
  • SummaryCaption: "Damage--Lieutenant Commander William R. Hurder, training officer, indicates damage to concrete pier caused by last November's hurricane to Commander Paul Kaskey, acting superintendent of the [Maritime Service Training Station in Sheepshead Bay]." Image includes several lifeboats boats on pier.
  • Date1951
  • 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: date stamped: May 20, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLifeboats -- New York (State) -- New York ; Merchant marine -- Officers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Piers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Sheepshead Bay: Maritime Station