About This Item

  • Call NumberWILC_0116
  • TitleSteamer at work in Mott St., fresh coal on
  • SummaryView of Mott Street in lower Manhattan with pedestrians on sidewalk and road; dark smoke issuing from end of street in background.
  • Date1892
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 5 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate from WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images. Original cyanotype image has number: 119.c. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectAir -- Pollution -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceNew York (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, 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: Wilcox 8