About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0568
  • TitleMovie theater at U.S. Naval disciplinary barracks.
  • SummaryThe movie theater of the U.S. Naval Disciplinary Barracks on Hart Island in the Bronx. It is a one-story building with a sign "THEATER" over the front door. Caption on verso: "Movie theater at U.S. Naval Disciplinary Barracks, Hart's Island, New York, where nightly entertainment is provided prisoners."
  • Date[1944?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 inches
  • Genrephotographs
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. Stamped on verso: Official photograph from Public Relations Office of the U.S. Navy.
  • CreatorUnknown
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Firm)]
  • SubjectPrisoners--Recreation ; Motion picture theaters ; United States. Navy--Prisoners and prisons
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBronx (New York, N.Y.)Hart Island (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Copyright OwnerUnited States Navy
  • FolderFolder: Harts Island: U.S. Disciplinary Barracks