About This Item

  • TitleTombs interior, pen of boys under 16
  • Call NumberWILC_0047
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree boys sitting together in prison cell and looking into camera in Tombs Prison on Centre Street in Manhattan, subsequently replaced by other prison buildings on same site.
  • Date1892
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 5 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate from inscription on WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images. Original cyanotype image has number: 114.a. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectPrisons -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Juvenile delinquents -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceManhattan (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.