About This Item

  • TitleBrooklyn Army Terminal
  • Call NumberNEIG_2382
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2375), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Brookln Army Terminal piers. Caption (2375): "Returning veterans will see a familiar emblem when they dock at Pier 3. ... Piers where veterans will land [will] be made more resplendent with painted designs, flags, and special illumination." 2382 is an aerial view of Pier 2 and includes two tugboats. Brooklyn Army Terminal was located on Second Avenue from 58th Street to 65th Street.
  • Date1929, 1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso of 2375.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Army Terminal (New York, N.Y.) ; Piers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tugboats -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.