About This Item

  • Call NumberUNDE_0117
  • TitlePiers 6 & 7, Bush Ter
  • SummaryTwo large steamships berthed at piers; one at left ("Ohioan") apparently a freighter; one at right ("Almte Jaceguay") apparently a passenger ship; barges moored against "Ohioan" with men apparently unloading freight; barge in foreground has lettering reading, "New York Central."
  • Date1930
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : 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
  • SubjectPiers ; Cargo ships ; Passenger ships ; Barges
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsIrving I. Underhill photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/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.
  • FolderIrving I. Underhill photograph collection