About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0391
  • TitleHamilton Ave. Ferry house
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0392), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Hamilton Avenue Ferry house in Red Hook. 0392 is an aerial view and includes several piers and other waterfront buildings and top portion of freighter and portion of East River in background.
  • Date1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On recto: "Eagle" printed in lower right. On verso: date inscribed; April 30/34; inscription: "Condemned." Title from inscription on verso of 0392.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectFerries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Waterfronts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceRed Hook (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: Ferries: Hamilton Ave. Ferry