About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_2159
  • TitleBrooklyn Navy Yard
  • SummaryCaptions: "Crowds gathered yesterday at the Brooklyn Navy Yard [see here] and at Floyd Bennett Field to watch Uncle Sam's Navy sea and air exhibitions. Crowds stand on line waiting to board the S. S. Pensacola at the Navy Yard. In the inset, members of the crew of the S. S. Arkansas remove the helmet of Navy diver A. M. Fears after diving exhibition at the Brooklyn Navy Yard."
  • Date1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: Oct. 28/34; stamped on verso: "Eagle photo." Retouched. Title from two captions on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectNew York Naval Shipyard ; Crowds -- New York (State) -- New York ; Divers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Exhibitions -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sailors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ships -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Navy Yard (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: Brooklyn Navy Yard: Diving exhibition