About This Item

  • Title[Brooklyn waterfront]
  • Call NumberWAY_0003
  • Cite AsBreading Way photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of section of Brooklyn waterfront with ferry moored in left foreground, several piers (one with sign: "Long Island Railroad Freight Depot") and many buildings in background.
  • Date1888
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1888. Title supplied by cataloger. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum. .
  • CreatorWay, Breading G. [photographer]
  • SubjectFerries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Piers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.