About This Item

  • Title[Aerial view of Bush Terminal piers]
  • Call NumberRUTT_0068
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (RUTT 0067, RUTT 0058), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three aerial photographs of Bush Terminal piers and environs and Sunset Park harbor with many vessels.
  • Date1917
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. On verso of 0058: "A general view of the Bush plant taken from 'The Midget,' Leo Stevens' balloon, 1500 feet in the air;" 0068: "Giant strides in Brooklyn commerce due to big waterfront enterprises." 0069: 4 x 9 in. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectDocks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Piers -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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.