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Bliss Torpedo Works (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

Bliss Torpedo Works

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
 Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19621

Call Number: LC-B2- 3555-6

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  1. artolog (6 days ago | reply)

    This building still stands, at 135 Plymouth Street in Brooklyn. That is the Manhattan Bridge at top (and the shadow on the corner of the building).
    This picture was probably taken in connection with the labor unrest at the plant in late July, 1915. The plant was making Whitehead torpedoes for the Navy. Biiss asked the City for permission to post armed guards on the Manhattan Bridge above the plant to prevent bombs being thrown down onto the building.
    select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F706 12FB3C5D1773...
    The building across Plymouth, at the lower right is also extant, though with bricked-up windows and the parapet removed. Here is a view of the same scene in June, 2011:
    maps.google.com/maps?q=135+plymouth+street+br ooklyn+ny&am...

    Some information on E.W. Bliss (Eliphalet Williams Bliss) and this factory at:
    boards.ancestry.com/topics.researchresources. genealogists...

    Another Bain shot of a Bliss building:
    Bliss Torpedo Factory, B'klyn [i.e., Brooklyn] (LOC)

    Poster for Rubsam and Horrmann beer (see note on photo):
    rubsam-and-horrmann
    Bliss Works, Bklyn [i.e., Brooklyn] (LOC)

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