About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1851
  • TitleTypical of party boats
  • SummaryCaption: "Typical of party boats is Pilot II, skippered by Harry Phillips, one of smaller but popular craft working out of Sheepshead [Bay]. Boats generally feature plenty of deck space for fishermen to stand and are built broad for stability at anchor in open sea. ..." Image includes section of pier in left foreground.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 18, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFishing boats -- New York (State) -- New York ; Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Piers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Sheepshead Bay: Waterfront: Boats