About This Item


  • Call NumberEAGL_0564
  • Title[Sailors with police dogs]
  • SummarySix Navy sailors with police dogs walking along the water on Hart Island in the Bronx. A smokestack and buildings can be seen across the water in the background. Caption on verso: "Trained police dogs and their seaman masters who make nightly patrols along the beach at the U.S. Naval Disciplinary Barrack, Hart's Island, New York. Each seaman guard trains and cares for his own dog."
  • Date[1944?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 inches
  • Genrephotographs
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. Stamped on verso: Official photograph from Public Relations Office of the U.S. Navy.
  • CreatorUnknown
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Firm)]
  • SubjectSailors ; Police dogs ; United States. Navy--Prisoners and prisons
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBronx (New York, N.Y.)Hart Island (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Copyright OwnerUnited States Navy
  • FolderFolder: Harts Island: U.S. Disciplinary Barracks