About This Item

  • Call NumberWILC_0115
  • Title"Kentucky whiskey"
  • SummaryTwo unkempt men (one white, one black) presumably sleeping off drunken spree in vacant lot with charred timber in unknown location in Manhattan; liquor store with sign for "Kentucky whiskey" in background; male pedestrian in loose jacket and trousers in left background.
  • Date1892
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 6 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate from WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images. Original cyanotype image has number: 42.d. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectAlcoholics -- New York (State) -- New York ; Urban poor -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceNew York (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Wilcox 8