About This Item

  • Title"Craps" in City Hall Park, Sunday morning
  • Call NumberWILC_0101
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFive poor or working-class boys bent over game on sidewalk or walkway before stoop; boy at far right looking into camera; brick wall, grassy lawn, and three pedestrians in background.
  • Date1892
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 6 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate from WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images. Original cyanotype image has number: 39.c. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectPoor children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Urban poor -- New York (State) -- New York ; Craps (Game)
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceNew York (N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.