About This Item


  • Call NumberTHOM_0034
  • TitleSouth Street
  • SummarySection of South Street with several large sailing vessels moored and three pedestrians, street lamp on tall pole, and cobblestone street with trolley tracks in foreground.
  • Date1897
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1897. 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] ; Sailing ships -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationSouth Street (New 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 2