About This Item


  • TitleStern Bros., 23rd St
  • Call NumberWILC_0323
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of Stern Brothers department store (later expanded) on West 23rd Street in Manhattan, draped with American flags and bunting, probably in preparation for Columbian Celebration of Oct. 10-12, 1892; streetcars and carriages with horses in 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: 28.d.. Title from inscription to left of image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectFlags -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cast-iron fronts (Architecture) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationChelsea (Manhattan, 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.