About This Item

  • TitleBottle Alley, the entrance (Baxter St.) (under the 47)
  • Call NumberWILC_0108
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo men and five children posing for picture before two-story brick building on cobblestone street in lower Manhattan; clothing hanging from awning below windows; sign at top of building reads, "47, Repairing & Cleaning, S. Hurwich, New and Second Hand Clothing Bought Sold and Exchanged'; two men on far right looking on.
  • Date1892
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 6 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate from WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images. Original cyanotype image has number: 46.c. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectTenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Urban poor -- New York (State) -- New York ; Clothing trade -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceNew 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.