Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Organ Grinder and Wife |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
May 9, 1896 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. A man and a woman stand on the sidewalk of a cobblestone street in Manhattan; both are facing the camera. The man holds a hand organ, which is supported by a single leg and is attached to a strap that he wears over his shoulder; his right hand holds the organ's crank. The woman holds a small bowl or cup in her right hand. In the background, a street sweeper uses a broom to clean the street. Behind him, a trolley car is visible. The photographer's inscription is in the lower left corner of the negative: "COPYRIGHT 1896 / E.A. AUSTEN." The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "No / 913 / Cramer / Crown / Organ grinder & wife / 7 Ave / & 48th St / Inst fast / W.L. / 12 ft / 3.10 P.M / Sat May 9th 1896 / C / NY / Set". (Keywords: New York City) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
This is one of 12 images that photographer Alice Austen published in 1896 in a portfolio titled "Street Types of New York." The image is listed in the portfolio with the title "Organ Grinder and Wife, Forty-Eighth Street and Broadway". |
Earliest Date |
1896 |
Latest Date |
1896 |
Subjects |
Organ grinders |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5953 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, May 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. |