About This Item


  • TitleRefreshment counter, end of bowling alley
  • Call NumberWILC_0171
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo men leaning against bar in wood-paneled room in unknown location in Manhattan; bartender partly visible, apparently pouring drink; several signs on wall, most prominent reading, "Home Made Pies"; column with illegible sign in right foreground.
  • 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: 52.d. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectBars (Drinking establishments) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bartenders -- 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.