Land ahead

Land ahead
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Title: Land ahead
Description:

Caption: "Land ahead--Two comely voyagers, Jeanne Gernhardt of 1819 Avenue S and Pat Slowey of 3044 32d St., Astoria, who helped rediscover Brooklyn, sight land as the good ship Thomas E. Moran heads toward the old Hamilton ferry slip." Image is connected to Brooklyn's tercentenary celebration.

Date: 1946
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 12, 1946; on caption: "Eagle staff photo."
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Holidays
Subject: Anniversaries
Entertainers
Tugboats
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Portraits.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: HOLI 0364