Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Policeman 5th Ave & 14th St |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
June 13, 1896 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. A policeman, seen in profile (facing to the right side of the image) stands on a cobblestone street at 5th Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan. Across the street is a store with signs "FINE PARIS GLOVES" and "GLOVES / CHEAPEST / OF ALL." There are pedestrians on the sidewalk across the street. A street sign for 5th Avenue is on the corner. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "925 / Cramer / c / Policeman 5th Ave / & 14th S[t] / Fine day in shade / W.L. / 11 am 12 ft / Inst quick / Sat June 13th / 1896 / NY." (Keywords: New York City) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Earliest Date |
1896 |
Latest Date |
1896 |
Subjects |
Police Streets Stores & shops Employees |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5959 |
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. |