About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0002
  • TitleBarge Office
  • SummaryFacade of U.S. Government Barge Office, a large partially vine-covered building with tower in Battery Park designed by James G. Hill in 1880; large lawn and three hitching posts in foreground.
  • Date1896
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1896. Title from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • PlaceBattery Park (New York, N.Y.)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 1