About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1288
  • TitleSpring odyssey
  • SummaryCaption: "Spring odyssey--With the advent of Spring and the consequent thaw along northern waterways, barges are heading for Brooklyn to resume the Summer hauling. Photograph ... shows fleet of barges in Gowanus Basin at foot of Columbia St."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date inscribed: April 12/37. Retouched.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBarges ; Canals
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceGowanus Canal (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: Gowanus: Basin