About This Item


  • Title[Battery Park, Governors Island, Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Ventilation Building, and Brooklyn]
  • Call NumberTRAN_0192
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view showing section of Battery Park in foreground and portions of East River, Governors Island, and Brooklyn and Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Ventilation Building in background. The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel runs under the East River between Battery Park and Brooklyn.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: May, 1950. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectTunnels -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East River (N.Y.)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.