The Wharves, Brooklyn Navy Yard – Antique Wall Art
![The Wharves, Brooklyn Navy Yard, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3b/3bf6d3b8930d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The Wharves, Brooklyn Navy Yard, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Wharves, Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Piers and wharves along Wallabout Bay formed the working edge of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where naval vessels tied up to be fitted, repaired, and supplied. The yard had been established in 1801 and grew into one of the country's major naval shipbuilding and repair centers over the nineteenth century. The Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely to document American towns, rail lines, and waterfronts in the 1890s and early 1900s, made this view. The glass negative is cracked along its left edge and has been taped, and its date of roughly 1890 to 1901 rests on the company's 1901 catalog.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Negative cracked along left side and taped. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021247. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York, N.Y.) Piers & wharves. Naval yards & naval stations.United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 800 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64400 |
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