Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Street sweeper with helmet |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
June 12, 1896 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. A street sweeper wearing a white uniform and helmet pushes a broom at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 48th Street in Manhattan. There is a lamppost on the corner behind him, and a watering can is on the sidewalk. The building across the street has a sign above the first floor: "STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES." The photographer's initials are inscribed in the lower left corner of the negative: "COPYRIGHT 1896 / E.A. AUSTEN." The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription (the inscription also refers to negative 50.015.5956): "No 920 & 921 / Cramer / Crown / 920 Street sweeper with helmet / 48 St & 7 Ave / 921 Policeman 5 Ave & 23d St / 1.20 P.M / W.L. / 3.25 P.M 12 ft / Fine day, sun / Inst quick / Friday June 12th 1896 / N.Y." (Keywords: New York City, White Wings) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
The watering can was used to dampen the streets before sweeping to prevent dust from blowing in the wind. |
Earliest Date |
1896 |
Latest Date |
1896 |
Subjects |
Street cleaning Employees |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5976 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, April 2020. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |