About This Item

  • TitleDistant view, Ft. Hamilton, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
  • Call NumberBRAI_0120
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of rocky shoreline, with offshore fort or military instalation on landfill in background; rustic cabin partly visible along shore on left.
  • Date[187-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum. Scanned image from negative is a stereograph.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectMilitary bases -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shorelines -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.