About This Item

  • Call NumberBRAI_0303
  • TitleOld sailor with ship model
  • SummaryView of elderly sailor, in unidentified Brooklyn business district, standing on street next to ship model in large box sitting on large barrel. Image includes several other male pedestrians, and portion of trolley car.
  • Date[ca. 1885]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and date from typed label on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectBusiness districts -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Sailors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Trolley cars -- 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.
  • FolderFolder: Brooklyn series