Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Brower's Hardware Store] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Studio or Publisher |
Bolter Bros. |
Date |
1918 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. Front view of Brower's Hardware Store on Amboy Road in Great Kills, Staten Island. It is a one-story building with a wrap-around porch. A woman and two young men stand in front of the store; one of the men is leaning against a gas pump. A small boy stands at right. 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." Address number "3987" is over the door. The gas pump has a circular emblem with inscription "SO / [inside a shield shape] SOCONY / MOTOR / GASOLINE." A handwritten inscription on the reverse of the photo identifies the people as Mrs. H.S. Brower, Wes Brower, John Bohman, and Tommy Forelli. Stamped inscription on the reverse of the photo: "BOLTER BROS. / PHOTOGRAPHERS / 9313--3rd AVENUE, / Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, N.Y. / Branch 407 Courtland St., BALTO., MD." (Keywords: New York City, Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
6.125 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, 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 |
1918 |
Latest Date |
1918 |
Subjects |
Stores & shops Gasoline pumps Hardware stores |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Brower, Herbert S. Brower, John Wesley Cole |
Catalog Number |
PH01.1104 |
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. |