About This Item

  • TitleEntrance to Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y
  • Call NumberPOST_0242
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFortress-like buildings with crenelated stone towers at Brooklyn Navy Yard; iron gate open; columns topped with eagles at either side of gate; two pedestrians, one with push broom, standing outside gates; two or three uniformed men, possibly sailors, standing inside gates.
  • Date[190-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : color ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrepostcards
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto. Correspondence on verso; postmark: jul. 20, 1910. Retouched in color.
  • SubjectNew York Naval Shipyard ; Gatehouses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Postcard collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, 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.