Tracey I. Brooks Hudson River Steamboat Collection, (circa 1900 - 1950)
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Summary
- Creator:
- Tracey I. Brooks
- Abstract:
- Tracey Irving Brooks was a professional quality photographer based in the Capitol Region of New York State's Hudson River Valley. Born in 1888 Mr. Brooks photographed Hudson River steamboats during the first half of the 1900s. The collection covers an extensive variety of steamboats on the upper portion of the Hudson River. The collection includes photographs, postcard images and glass plate negatives of steamers, tugboats and ferries from Tracey I. Brooks' collection.
- Extent:
- 614 photographic images
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection includes black and white photographs and lantern slides. Topics include Hudson River and Erie Canal boats - steamboats, tugboats, barges.
- Biographical / historical:
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Tracey Irving Brooks was a professional quality photographer based in the Capitol Region of New York State's Hudson River Valley. Born in 1888 Mr. Brooks photographed Hudson River steamboats during the first half of the 1900s.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
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Steamboats--History
Tugboats
Canals - Names:
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Hudson River Day Line
Cornell Steamboat Company
Hudson River Nightline
Catskill Evening Line
Hudson Navigation Company
Troy Night Line
People's Line Steamboats
Citizens Line of Troy NY
Central Hudson Line
Meseck Line
Saugerties Evening Line - Places:
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Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
Erie Canal (N.Y.)
Albany (N.Y.)
Kingston (N.Y.)
Poughkeepsie (N.Y.)
Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)
Indian Point (N.Y.)
Rensselaer (N.Y.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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No restrictions. Majority of images have been digitized. Many are available to [view on New York Heritage] (https://nyheritage.org/collections/tracey-i-brooks-hudson-river-steamboat-images-collection).
- Location of this collection:
- Contact:
- 845-338-0071info@hrmm.org