About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1856
  • TitleClassroom for seamen
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1833), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images in different sizes.. Caption (1833): "Classroom for seamen--The three-masted schooner Vema, once a luxury yacht but now a training ship for seamen at the United States Maritime Station at Sheepshead Bay. Lifting 14,000 square feet of canvas and built as a cost of $1,000,000, the ship has at its head a huge golden eagle [1856]."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped and retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 10, 1944; 1833: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso of 1833..
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectEagles in art ; Schooners -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Sheepshead Bay: Maritime Station