About This Item

  • TitleUSS Buffalo
  • Call NumberAUST_0518
  • Cite AsDaniel Berry Austin photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of USS Buffalo, a U. S. Navy auxiliary cruiser, moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Built in 1892, it was later a destroyer tender and barracks ship. Image includes another vessel, the USS Columbia, moored in left background.
  • Date1903
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCollection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum. Title and date from Austin Collection list.
  • CreatorAustin, Daniel Berry
  • SubjectNew York Naval Shipyard ; Cruisers (Warships) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
  • 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.