About This Item


  • TitleGravesend milestone
  • Call NumberNEIG_1386
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCloseup of milestone attached to home of Judge Stillwell in Gravesend; inscription on stone: "Miles and ... 10 Brooklan [sic] ferry."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 4 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: dates inscribed: April 20/30, July 6/37; "Eagle photo;" caption is illegible. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectMilestones
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gravesend (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.