Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Brower's Hardware Store] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Studio or Publisher |
Instantaneous Photo View Co. |
Date |
ca. 1890s-1900s |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. Front and side view of Brower's Hardware Store on Amboy Road in Great Kills, Staten Island. It is a one-story building with a front porch. Two men are seated in a horse-drawn wagon that is stopped in front of the store, and another horse-drawn wagon with two men is alongside the store. A man on a bicycle is in the center of the image. Inscriptions on the store windows: "H. S. BROWER / SANITARY PLUMBING & GAS FITTING / STEAM & HOT WATER HEATING" and "H. S. BROWER / ROOFING TIN & SHEET IRON WORK / STOVES RANGES & FURNACES." Painted inscription on the wagon in front of the store: "H. S. BROWER, / PLUMBER. / Giffords, S.I." A handwritten inscription on the reverse of the photo identifies four of the men as J. Flynn, Mr. Sinker, Mr. Brower, and Jack Dooley. Stamped inscription on the reverse of the photo: "INSTANTANEOUS PHOTO VIEW CO., / 757 3RD AVENUE, N.Y. / PRINTERS TO THE TRADE." (Keywords: New York City, Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
6 x 8 |
Ownership and History |
Herbert S. Brower (1863-1937) was listed with the occupation of tinsmith in the 1880 census. By 1915 his occupation was master plumber. His store, located at 3987 Amboy Road in Great Kills, Staten Island, began as a hardware store and grew over the years to include a variety of merchandise. A 1930 publication described it as "one hundred feet long and nearly forty feet wide, finely proportioned and containing a complete line of hardware and house furnishings of every description." See photo 79.022.1698 for a view of Brower's Hardware Store as it appeared in 1952. |
Earliest Date |
1880 |
Latest Date |
1920 |
Subjects |
Stores & shops Hardware stores Carts & wagons |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Brower, Herbert S. |
Catalog Number |
PH01.1102 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, March 2016. |
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. |