About This Item

  • Call NumberBRAI_0382
  • TitleRagpicker
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRAI 0219), some of which may also be described in this new record; Close-up view of shabbily dressed man, at unidentified Brooklyn location, carrying gunnysack and long metal rod. 0382 shows horse-drawn wagon and several residential buildings in left background. The images are not dated.
  • Date[187-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCollection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum. Title from typed label on verso of 0219.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectHorse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ragpickers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd 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.