About This Item

  • TitleP. T. Barnum's circus
  • Call NumberTHOM_0058
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree men walking at site of Barnum & Bailey Circus, Broadway and Halsey Street, with crowd and large tent in background and portion of covered wagon on far left.
  • Date1894
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1894. Title from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectCircus -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New 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.