Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Policeman 48th St front view |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
1896 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. A policeman in uniform stands facing the camera; he has badge number 642 on his helmet. He is on a sidewalk in front of a brick building on 48th Street in Manhattan. A man wearing a coat and hat stands on the sidewalk in the background. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "875 / Cramer c / No 642 / Policeman 48th St / front view / Fine sunny day / W.L. / Inst 12 ft 11.55 am / NY." (Keywords: New York City) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Earliest Date |
1896 |
Latest Date |
1896 |
Subjects |
Police Employees |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5958 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, March 2020. |
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. |