About This Item


  • Call NumberTHOM_0004
  • TitleFifth Avenue Hotel
  • SummaryFacade of Fifth Avenue Hotel, a large six-story brick building at Broadway and 43rd Street with several pedestrians, trolley car, ornate street lamp, and snow-covered street in foreground.
  • Date1896
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 7 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]
  • SubjectHorse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hotels -- New York (State) -- New York ; Street lights -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Trolley cars -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceNew 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 1