About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0053
  • Title[Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (THOM 0048), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza designed by John H. Duncan; 0048: side view with one pedestrian, street lamp, and statue on pedestal in foreground and reservoir tower in right background; 0053: horse-drawn carriage on cobblestone street in right foreground.
  • Date1896
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1896. Title from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectSoldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch (New York, N.Y.) ; Arches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cobblestone streets -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/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.
  • FolderEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection ; Folder 2