About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0145
  • TitleProspect Park Battle Pass
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PARK 0146, PARK 0147), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three images: two drawings of Battle Pass in Prospect Park as it looked in 1766 and 1866, and close-up of plaque inscribed, "Line of defense, August 27, 1776, Battle of Long Island ..." It was at this pass that Revolutionary volunteers put up resistance against British troops advancing toward New York in 1776.
  • Date1766, 1866, [194-?], published 1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0145: 8 x 9 in.; cropped and retouched. Title from inscription on verso of 0145.
  • SubjectUnited States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 ; Plaques -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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: Parks: Prospect Park: Battle Pass