About This Item

  • TitleAn invitation from Beauty
  • Call NumberWILC_0353
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryGarden gnome displayed on street before store at unknown location in Manhattan; sign over store reads, "Morris H. Frey, Manufacturer of [F]ine Segars"; portion of horse and carriage behind two men standing on corner under sign reading "Fine Furs."
  • 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: 110.b. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectStorefronts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Figurines -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceManhattan (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.