About This Item

  • Call NumberBRAI_0286
  • TitleCandy man
  • SummaryStreet vendor wearing apron and standing with large wicker basket; horse drawn streetcar, store fronts, and cobblestone on street behind him.
  • Date1885
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: March 1885. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectStreet vendors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd 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.
  • FolderFolder: Brooklyn series