About This Item

  • TitleBellview Orphan Asylum
  • Call NumberBRAI_0062
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of Bellview (possibly Bellevue) Orphan Asylum in Manhattan. Image includes portion of wood fence and unpaved street in foreground. The exact location is unknown.
  • 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]
  • SubjectOrphanages -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceNew 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.