About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0026
  • Title1st Battery on parade
  • Summary1st Battery, N.G.S.N.Y. in military parade at 23rd Street and 5th Avenue with several men on horseback, horse-drawn open carriage with three men, cobblestone street in foreground, and several residential and commercial buildings in background.
  • Date1896
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1896. Title from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectCobblestone streets -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceNew York (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/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.
  • FolderEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection ; Folder 1