About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1289
  • Title[Gowanus Bay, 1823]
  • SummaryDrawing of five men in sailboat in left foreground, four men in rowboat in right foreground in Gowanus Bay, and two men on shore close to the rowboat, with sailboats in distance in left background, small wooden building with windmill behind it in center background and another small building in right background.
  • Date[1823]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteVerso: "Pierrepont's Distillery on L.I. 1823." Actual dimensions of drawing: 5 x 10 in.
  • SubjectSailboats ; Bays
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceGowanus Canal (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: Gowanus: Basin