About This Item

  • Call NumberBRAI_0198
  • TitleFulton Ferry, N.Y.C
  • SummaryCorner of South Street looking down Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan, showing horse-drawn carriages loaded with goods, pedestrians and workers, and blurred image of a streetcar at left; cobblestone and streetcar tracks in foreground. In the background is the United States Hotel with tower.
  • Date[187-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectHorse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Waterfronts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fulton Market (New York, N.Y.)
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceLower Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)South Street Seaport Historic District (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.