About This Item


  • Call NumberEAGL_0567
  • TitlePrisoners working in potato patch.
  • SummaryA line of men with farming tools work on the farm on Hart Island in the Bronx. One man has tattoos on his back. Another has the letter P on his shirt. Caption on verso: "Prisoners working in potato patch on farm at U.S. Naval Disciplinary Barracks, Hart's Island, New York."
  • 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)]
  • SubjectUnited States. Navy--Prisoners and prisons ; Sailors ; Military prisons ; Prisons--Agriculture
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • 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