About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0666
  • Title[Brooklyn longshoremen]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0664, WORK 0667, WORK 0660, WORK 0661, WORK 0662, WORK 0663, WORK 0659), some of which may also be described in this new record; Eight views, in four different sizes, of longshoremen sitting, standing, and working on the Brooklyn waterfront. 0659 includes moored passenger boat and tugboat; 0659 and 0660 include portion of East River and portion of Lower Manhattan in distant background; 0664 and 0667 show cargo being unloaded from freighter; 0666 shows group of longshoremen standing on pier, all back to camera, and moored freighter in background. Three of the images are not dated.
  • Date1914, 1952, 1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description8 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectCargo ships -- New York (State) -- New York ; Passenger ships -- New York (State) -- New York ; Piers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tugboats -- New York (State) -- New York ; Waterfronts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East River (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: Occupations: Longshoremen