About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_1363
  • TitleGravesend Bay
  • SummarySeveral planks over pipes resting on pontoons forming bridges on Gravesend Bay with wharf, and several buildings in background.
  • Date1935
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: small portion of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date inscribed: March 30, 1935; "Eagle" inscription. Retouched. Semicircular piece (5 in.) missing in lower right and rectangular piece (3 in.) missing from right margin. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectBays ; Pontoon bridges
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gravesend (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: Gravesend: General