About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0079
  • TitleTrolley car advertising
  • SummaryStationary trolley car, used for advertising North Beach, and several pedestrians; cobblestone street with trolley tracks in foreground and train on elevated tracks in background.
  • Date1893
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genreadvertisementsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1893. 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]
  • SubjectAdvertising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cobblestone streets -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Railroads, Elevated -- New York (State) -- New York
  • Place[Location unknown]
  • 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 3