About This Item


  • Call NumberTHOM_0057
  • TitleProspect Park
  • SummaryView of several men and women wheeling and riding bicycles in Prospect Park.
  • Date1896
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate typed on verso: 1896. Title from typed caption on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S.
  • SubjectBicycles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson 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.
  • FolderEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection ; Folder 2