About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0119
  • TitleWhere ships and trains converge
  • SummaryCaption: "Where ships and trains converge--Freighter City of Coventry, lies at one of eight gigantic piers at Bush Terminal, awaiting loading from trucks and some of 1,000 railroad cars that can be accommodated on 43 miles of track along shore ..."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 23, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCargo ships -- New York (State) -- New York ; Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Terminals (Transportation) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Bush Terminal: Waterfront