About This Item

  • TitleBarge Office
  • Call NumberWILC_0433
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryExterior view of the Barge Office, a large, Romanesque building located at Battery Park, used for the processing of incoming immigrants after Ellis Island fire. The building was designed by James G. Hill and was erected in 1880.
  • Date1892
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate from WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images. Original cyanotype image has number: 107d. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectBarge Office (New York, N.Y.) ; Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Office buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceBattery Park (New York, N.Y.)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.