About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0357
  • TitleDenyse's Ferry
  • SummaryCaption: "Denyse's Ferry, the first place at which the Hessians and British landed on Long Island, Aug. 22nd, 1776; now Fort Hamilton." Image includes road in foreground and house, two smaller buildings, and portion of harbor in background.
  • Date1867
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "McCloskey's Manual of 1867" typeset under image on far right. Title from typeset caption below image on recto.
  • SubjectFerries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceFort Hamilton (New York, N.Y.)New York (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Ferries: General: Landings/Houses