Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Ash carts & men dumping barrel |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
March 6, 1896 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. A man in uniform dumps a barrel into a two-wheel horse-drawn cart on a cobblestone street in Manhattan. The cart has an inscription on the side: "X 224 D.S.C." The horse's blanket has inscription "D.S.C." There are brownstone buildings in the background. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "No 872 / Cramer / C / Ash carts & men dumping / barrel / 48 & 8th Ave / W.L. Inst. 11.15 A.M / 25 ft / Friday March 6th 1896 / N.Y." (Keywords: New York City) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
The inscription "D.S.C." on the side of the cart and on the horse's blanket stands for Department of Street Cleaning. |
Earliest Date |
1896 |
Latest Date |
1896 |
Subjects |
Ash disposal Carts & wagons Street cleaning Employees |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5917 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Great Kills Woman's Club, August 2017. |
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. |