About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0364
  • TitleLand ahead
  • SummaryCaption: "Land ahead--Two comely voyagers, Jeanne Gernhardt of 1819 Avenue S and Pat Slowey of 3044 32d St., Astoria, who helped rediscover Brooklyn, sight land as the good ship Thomas E. Moran heads toward the old Hamilton ferry slip." Image is connected to Brooklyn's tercentenary celebration.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 12, 1946; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAnniversaries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Entertainers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tugboats -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Celebrations: B'klyn anniversary: 1946