About This Item

  • Title[5th Avenue & 117th Street]
  • Call NumberWILC_0459
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of the intersection of 5th Avenue and 117th Street. A pile of broken bricks or cobblestones in the foreground may indicate that 117th Street is under construction or repair. Image includes several buildings in the 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: 23d. Title from inscription below image on recto; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceFifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.)New 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.