About This Item

  • TitleFreeke's Mills
  • Call NumberNEIG_1301
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryDrawing of low bridge over water, leading to small wooden building with waterwheel in front. In right background is another small building. Caption: "Freeke's Mills with the Yellow Mills in the distance burned on the 27th of August, 1776, while the Americans were retreating across Gowanus Creek--courtesy of the Borough Historian."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 11 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCaption on verso and also on recto. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 3, 1946.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBridges ; Mills [lctgm] ; Water-wheels [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceGowanus Canal (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.