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  • Call NumberTRAN_0654
  • TitleSubcommittee tours shipyards
  • SummaryCaption: "Subcommittee tours shipyards--Looking into the problems of private ship repair yards on Brooklyn's waterfront are members of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. William R. Tait, wearing hat, president of the Marine Basin Co., points out his yard's facilities from deck of a 4,000 ton floating drydock. Left to right in group are Representative Frank Dorn, Mr. Tait, Representative James Delaney, James Nelson, vice president of yard, and Reporesntative John Ray, subcommittee chairman. ..." Image includes portion of ferry, Astoria, in background.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 25. 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDry docks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ferries -- 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: Ships: General