About This Item

  • Call NumberUNDE_0001
  • TitleNY Association for Improving Condition of Poor
  • SummaryFacade of large, three-story, brick building with dormer windows in Coney Island; fence along front, telephone pole, several adults and children standing in far right, and cobblestone street in foreground with fire hydrant in far right. Note: It is assumed from inscription that building was home for the poor.
  • Date1901
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's name inscribed on recto. Title from inscription on recto. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorUnderhill, Irving, -1960
  • SubjectCobblestones ; Poor -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsIrving I. Underhill 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.
  • FolderIrving I. Underhill photograph collection