About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2458
  • TitleMill Basin sanitation dump
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2457), some of which may also be described in this new record; Mill Basin dump in foreground with five people, perhaps fishing, on foot bridge over portion of bay in background and several homes in far background.
  • Date1933
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately half of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date inscribed: Aug 1/33. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectBays ; Refuse disposal facilities ; Sanitary landfills
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Mill Basin (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: Mill Basin: Harbor