About This Item

  • TitleLightering cargo of structural steel
  • Call NumberRUTT_0063
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySection of waterfront at Bush Terminal with freighter, several barges, one carrying cargo of structural steel, and two other ships.
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "Photo by Rutter" printed in white ink in lower right. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 19, 1915; Eagle stamp. On verso of copy 2: photographer's stamp and inscription: "A daily waterfront scene at the Bush Terminal." Torn; retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectBarges ; Cargo ships ; Waterfronts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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.