About This Item

  • Call NumberARC_145_b_OS-7_003.tif
  • TitleFerry at Brooklyn, New York.
  • SummaryView of steam ferryboat pulling into Brooklyn's port with what is likely the convergence of the East and Hudson rivers and tip of Manhattan in the background. Piers are on either side of the boat and other boats are in the background. Pink and yellow hand applied color on select details. Caption reads: The ferry at Brooklyn, New York. London. Published for the Proprietors by Geo. Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1839.
  • Date1839
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 lithographic print : black and white with hand coloring ; 10.75 x 15 inches
  • Genrehalftone (color effect)photomechanical prints
  • NoteTitle from resource.
  • CreatorBartlett, W.H.
  • PublisherVirtue, George, 1793?-1868
  • SubjectFerries ; Steamboats ; Transportation
  • CollectionLefferts family papers
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsLefferts family papers, 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.
  • Copyright OwnerPublic Domain
  • FolderLefferts family papers ; Box OS-7.