About This Item

  • Call NumberWILC_0107
  • TitlePicturesque rookery, the stairs
  • SummaryCourtyard of wooden tenement buildings on Hester Street in Manhattan, showing woman with broom standing next to washing hanging on clothesline; bearded man with hat at left.
  • Date1892
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 5 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate from WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images. Original cyanotype image has number: 48.d. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectTenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Slums -- New York (State) -- New York ; Urban poor -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceNew York (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, 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.
  • FolderFolder: Wilcox 7