About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0096
  • TitleSeth Low
  • SummaryStudio portrait. Typed caption: Seth Low, who ... founded the Brooklyn Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor 'for the relief of the poor in the Borough of Brooklyn,'the first of its kind in that community." It is assumed that he is the grandfather of Seth Low who served as mayor of New York City, 1902-1903.
  • Date1843
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 4 x 4 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1843. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectLow, Seth ; Philanthropists -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, 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: Portraits: Brooklyn mayors: Low, Seth and family