About This Item


  • TitleCotton barges discharging cargo in Brooklyn
  • Call NumberRUTT_0060
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySection of watgerfront at Bush Terminal with two barges carrying cotton cargo, several other boats, portion of pier, and shed.
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "A. Moore" printed in black ink in lower left and in white ink in lower right. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 19, 1915; Eagle stamp. Pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectBarges
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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.