About This Item

  • TitleFort Hamilton, Bay Ridge
  • Call NumberBRAI_0026
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryUnpaved road with wooden fence curving along hill; above road on embankment at right, Fort Hamilton military installation; blurry image of flag flying over fort; three cannons partially visible to right of fort; glimpse of harbor in left background.
  • Date[187-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed label on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectForts & fortifications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Dirt roads ; Historic buildings ; Cannons [lctgm]
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.