Fulton Ferry House

Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in polyester negative, prints, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Date: 1874 Material: safety film; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 2 1/2 x 3 inches (negative); 4 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:15258 wjr-000845 wjr-000845.tif

Description: A view of the Fulton Ferry House, with a tower of the unfinished Brooklyn Bridge seen under construction behind it, at right. Note the numerous horsecars waiting outside the terminal. This photograph contains the caption: "Fulton Ferry House, Brooklyn, 1874. At this time, the main artery of travel between New York and Brooklyn. Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge at right, in the course of construction. Courtesy Dr. R. S. Barbour." The photograph appeared in the 1917-1918 edition of Valentine's Manual of the City of New York, New series no.2, and is described on pages 10 and 11 as having been acquired by R.S. Barbour "in his student days in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1874. They were made by an English firm for foreign markets exclusively and...never offered for sale in New York at all."

Title : Fulton Ferry House

Collection : aql:9443

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : 1874

Summary/Description : A view of the Fulton Ferry House, with a tower of the unfinished Brooklyn Bridge seen under construction behind it, at right. Note the numerous horsecars waiting outside the terminal. This photograph contains the caption: "Fulton Ferry House, Brooklyn, 1874. At this time, the main artery of travel between New York and Brooklyn. Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge at right, in the course of construction. Courtesy Dr. R. S. Barbour." The photograph appeared in the 1917-1918 edition of Valentine's Manual of the City of New York, New series no.2, and is described on pages 10 and 11 as having been acquired by R.S. Barbour "in his student days in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1874. They were made by an English firm for foreign markets exclusively and...never offered for sale in New York at all."

Subject : Ferry terminals; Horse-drawn rail cars

Relation : This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in polyester negative, prints, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Water Street near Old Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Fulton Ferry Historic District (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : safety film; gelatin silver prints; 2 1/2 x 3 inches (negative); 4 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:15258 wjr-000845 wjr-000845.tif