About This Item


  • TitleFort Lafayette
  • Call NumberBRAI_0005
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFort Lafayette in Bay Ridge harbor; dock with two small sheds and embankment with small trees and bushes in foreground.
  • Date[18--]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 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]
  • SubjectDocks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Forts & fortifications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shorelines -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.