About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1866
  • TitleSheepshead Bay fishing fleet
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1864), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images: 1864: "Latest addition to Sheepshead Bay fishing fleet and one of largest boats berthed in the bay is the Rocket [with thirteen men standing on board]." 1866: "Left to right, Dave Martin, engineer of Rocket, and his son, Laddie, boat's skipper, chat with Eagle Rod and Gun Editor Howard Pratt about day's catch. ..."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 18, 1950. Title from caption on verso of 1864.
  • SubjectFishing boats -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Sheepshead Bay: Waterfront: Fishing