About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0056
  • Title[Prospect Park entrance]
  • SummaryView of an entrance to Prospect Park at Grand Army Plaza with granite gazebo (also known as a pavilion) with Ionic columns, granite pedestal, several pedestrians, and several bicyclists in foreground, portions of matching pedestal and gazebo in background, and cobblestone street in foreground.
  • Date1896
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectCyclists -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gazebos -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pavilions -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson 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.
  • FolderEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection ; Folder 2