About This Item

  • TitlePiers 16 & 17
  • Call NumberUNDE_0115
  • Cite AsIrving I. Underhill photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo freighters, one passenger ship and several barges moored at Piers 16 and 17 on the Brooklyn waterfront with two-wheeled wagon and parked automobile in foreground and portion of Lower Manhattan skyline in background.
  • Date1930
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "N. Y. Dock Co." Photographer's name inscribed on recto. Title from inscription on recto. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorUnderhill, Irving, -1960
  • SubjectNew York Naval Shipyard ; Automobiles ; Barges ; Cargo ships ; Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.