About This Item

  • Call NumberWILC_0373
  • TitleBuilding the cable road
  • SummaryView of group of workmen constructing a roadway, under an elevated structure on Chatham Street, for cable cars or streetcars.
  • Date1892
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate from WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images. Original cyanotype image has number: 110a. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectCable cars (Streetcars) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Laborers -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Roads -- 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 21