About This Item
- TitleFrom ship to shelf
- Call NumberNEIG_0265
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryAerial photograph: Caption: "From ship to shelf--Brooklyn Heights looking north toward Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, at top. Through center of photo runs new three-level shelf highway, connecting link in Brooklyn-Queens Expressway;" residential area on right, waterfront with several docks and ships on left, and section of East River and section of lower Manhattan in background.
- Date1953
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
- Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteGrease pencil cropping mark. On verso: caption stamped: Dec. 6, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. On verso: typed label: "Credit should be given to Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. Aerial photographs by Skyviews." Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorSkyviews
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectApartment houses ; Docks ; Shorelines
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)East River (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.