About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0378
  • TitleWreck of the old Flatbush
  • SummaryCaption: "Wreck of the old Flatbush--In watery grave off Avenue U lies the ferryboat which once carried thousands of Brooklynites to Rockaway. Out of service, she is being dismantled."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 15, 1946. "Photo is by L. J. Biggio." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBiggio, L. J.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFerries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Marine Park (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: Ferries: General: Vessels