About This Item

  • TitleFort Hamilton in 1852
  • Call NumberNEIG_1103
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1100), some of which may also be described in this new record; Drawing. Military installation with American flag flying from behind building and eight cannons arrayed in front; two soldiers and two riders (one on horseback, one in carriage) in foreground; retaining wall and portion of harbor in immediate foreground.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 3, 1946. Title from caption on verso. Caption on recto: "View of Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor. Boston, Saturday, January 10, 1852." Retouched.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectForts & fortifications [lctgm] ; Military bases
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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.