About This Item


  • TitleBlindman's Alley, Cherry St
  • Call NumberWILC_0118
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of dark, narrow alley behind tenement buildings in lower Manhattan; network of clotheslines and utility wires hanging between buildings.
  • Date1892
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 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: 45.d. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectTenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Alleys -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceNew 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.