About This Item

  • TitleReservoir gate house
  • Call NumberBRAI_0173
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of small brick gatehouse on top of embankment on reservoir, possibly in present day Wantagh, Long Island.
  • Date1874
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsstereographs
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto; date from Brainerd Collection list. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectGatehouses (Hydraulic structures) -- New York (State) -- Wantagh ; Reservoirs -- New York (State) -- Wantagh
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationWantagh (N.Y.)
  • 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.