About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1409
  • TitleNewtown Creek
  • SummaryPortion of Newtown Creek with portions of three boats in foreground, dredge in center and partly completed bridge and large commercial building in background.
  • Date1904
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1904; "B'klyn Eagle photo." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectBridges ; Canals ; Construction [lctgm] ; Dredges
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, 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.
  • FolderFolder: Greenpoint: Newtown Creek