About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0081
  • TitleLower Fulton Street from City Hall
  • SummarySection of Fulton Street near City Hall, later known as Borough Hall, with one pedestrian and statue of Henry Ward Beecher in foreground and several buildings, pedestrians, and horse-drawn vehicles and train on elevated tracks in background.
  • Date1896
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectBeecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 ; Railroads, Elevated -- New York (State) -- New York ; Statues -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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 4