About This Item


  • Title[Former Mayor Cooper's mansion]
  • Call NumberWILC_0319
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryExterior view of flag-decorated mansion of former New York City mayor, Edward Cooper, located at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Washington Square North. Image includes reviewing stand in left foreground. Cooper served as mayor from 1879 to1880.
  • Date1892
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 6 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate from WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images. Original cyanotype image has number: 25a. Title from inscription below image on recto; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectHouses -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Mansions -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox 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.