About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0356
  • TitleBarren Island factories
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0003, NEIG 0355), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views, in different sizes, of factories on Barren Island. 0356 shows portion of Jamaica Bay in foreground. Buildings on Barren Island were demolished in 1939 when the Belt Parkway was constructed. One of the images is not dated.
  • Date1911-1916
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso of 0003.
  • SubjectFactories -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationBarren Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Barren Island