About This Item

  • Title[Elephants in Central Park]
  • Call NumberBRAI_0258
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRAI 0263, BRAI 0260, BRAI 0265, BRAI 0264), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five views of elephants in zoo in Central Park. 0265 includes man standing, back to camera, in foreground.
  • Date[187-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description5 photographic prints : black & white ; 7 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0265: 5 x 7 in. Title from caption on recto of 0265; supplied partially by cataloger. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectElephants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Zoos -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceCentral Park (New York, N.Y.)New 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.