About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_1287
  • Title[Barge family]
  • SummaryCaption: "Inset shows typical barge family in cabin of barge. Seated, left to right, are Thomas Keane, Captain Patrick Jordan and his son, Henry, pouring coffee. At rear is Edward Keane; Times-Union photo"; a coal stove with teakettle is in right foreground, and the seated men have teacups in their hands ready to receive the coffee.
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: April 12/37. Retouched. Cropped.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectFamilies ; Barges ; Stoves, Coal
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Gowanus: Basin