About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1052
  • TitleCannon in Fort Hamilton Park
  • SummaryCaption: "... the old muzzle cannon ... now in Fort Hamilton Park ... ;" man wearing suit and hat standing in left foreground, three small children playing and several automobiles in left background, two women with child on park bench in right background, and several trees.
  • Date1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately half of original image as well as rectangular piece (1 1/2 x 4 in.) in lower left missing. On verso: date inscribed: July 18/1934. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectOrdnance ; Parks
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Fort Hamilton: Military: Guns