About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0078
  • Title[Motorboat on Prospect Park Lake]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (THOM 0055), some of which may also be described in this new record; A large motorboat, also known as a launch, with several passengers sailing on Prospect Park Lake and section of park in background; passengers are not visible in 0078.
  • Date1896
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso of 0055: date inscribed: 1896; 0078: 1893. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectLakes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Launches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Motorboats -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/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.
  • FolderEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection ; Folder 2