About This Item

  • Call NumberWILC_0096
  • TitleWomen "packing" bundles of clothes on their heads
  • SummaryTwo women in unknown location in New York City walking on cobblestone street (background obliterated or illegible) with bundles on their heads; woman on right carrying child.
  • Date1892
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate from WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images. Original cyanotype image has number: 48.b. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectWorking class women -- New York (State) -- New York ; New York (N.Y.) -- Social Conditions -- 19thCentury
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceNew York (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, 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.
  • FolderFolder: Wilcox 7