About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2346
  • TitleGowanus Canal
  • SummaryTugboat pulling barge on Gowanus Canal; wharf with barrels and assorted debris at left; docked barge reading "Lackawanna Railroad" on left bank; warehouses, factories, and smokestacks at right.
  • Date1928
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Feb. 19/28; "Eagle Photos" on recto. Title from inscription on verso. Semicircular portion (7 1/2 x 1 in.) of top margin missing. Retouched; margins outlined in black ink.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectCanals ; Barges ; Tugboats ; Barrels
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gowanus Canal (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Gowanus: Canal: General