Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Three bootblacks |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
April 13, 1896 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Three young bootblacks stand on Broadway in lower Manhattan. The two boys at right look toward the camera; they both hold shoeshine kits, and the boy at right is also holding a whisk broom. The boy at left looks toward the left edge of the image. Signs on the buildings behind them include Astor House, Stern & Son Shoe Store, and Ehrlich Oculists and Opticians. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Cramer / C / 898 / Three bootblacks / Fair sun out hot / South side of N.Y. Post Office / W.L. 12.35 P.M / 12 ft Inst. fast / Monday April 13th / 1896 / N.Y." (Keywords: New York City) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
This photograph was part of Alice Austen's series of views of people at work in Manhattan. In 1896 she published a selection of her photos in a portfolio titled "Street Types of New York." |
Earliest Date |
1896 |
Latest Date |
1896 |
Subjects |
Children Shoe shiners Child laborers |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5921 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, January 2013. |
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. |