About This Item

  • Title[Fourth Avenue shanties]
  • Call NumberBRAI_0349
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of three women, all back to camera, standing in front of Fourth Avenue shanty. Image includes several barrels and buckets, a tea kettle, and a birdcage in foreground.
  • Date[187-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectBirdcages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pails -- New York (State) -- New York ; Huts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Kettles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Squatter settlements -- New York (State) -- New York ; Squatters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.