About This Item
- TitleParadise Park, Five Points
- Call NumberWILC_0110
- Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryPublic square in slum area known as "Five Points" in Lower Manhattan; nine or ten children in foreground looking into camera; buildings and pedestrians in background; bare trees, street lamps, and cobblestone streets surrounding square.
- 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: 43.a. Title from inscription below image on recto.
- CreatorWilcox, Julius
- SubjectPlazas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Poor children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Slums -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
- PlaceNew York (N.Y.)Other place
- LocationFive Points (New York, N.Y.)
- 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.