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Unknown maker — Untitled (Construction of the First Drydock, U.S. Navy Yard, Dry Dock #1 Brooklyn, NY)

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Untitled (Construction of the First Drydock, U.S. Navy Yard, Dry Dock #1 Brooklyn, NY)

1845

Captured using the revolutionary daguerreotype process, one of the earliest known photographs documenting American industrial construction shows the ambitious naval infrastructure project that would transform Brooklyn into a major shipbuilding center.

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Daguerreotype

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