About This Item

  • TitleRag and bottle houses, Monroe Street
  • Call NumberWILC_0104
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo three-story wooden houses in poor condition on cobblestone street in lower Manhattan; house at right has sign reading "Wines & Liquors. M. Mooney, 305"; children on stoop at left, and other pedestrians on street, most looking into camera.
  • 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: 63.d. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectTenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Urban poor -- 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.