About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1863
  • Title[Sinking of Express]
  • SummaryCaption: "Snapping her bow cables, the old excursion steamer Express, which aroused a storm of protest recently when it docked on the Shore Road, Sheepshead Bay, off Oriental Point, swung into the water shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon and began sinking ..." Image includes two men in rowboat, one man climbing ladder, and two men standing on deck of sinking boat.
  • Date1933
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: May 11/33; "Eagle photo" stamp. Title from separate caption; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectPaddle steamers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rowboats -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Steamboats -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Sheepshead Bay: Waterfront: Boats