About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_1047
  • TitleBy 1860, gas was in common use for lighting
  • SummaryCaption: "By 1860, gas was in common use for lighting, and sinks and water tanks were the vogue. But for cooking, the coal or wood stove still reigned supreme." Image includes view of woman, back to camera, standing in front of stove in large kitchen. Over the stove is a simple chandelier, presumably gas.
  • Date[188-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on recto below image.
  • SubjectKitchens -- New York (State) -- New York ; Stoves -- 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: Utilities: Brooklyn Union Gas Co.: History