About This Item

  • Title[Frank Bollinger's Meat Market]
  • Call NumberBRAI_0074
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryRustic butcher shop at corner of two unpaved streets in Flatbush; racks of beef and other meats hanging from pole beneath awning; prominent sign, "Frank Bollinger's Meat Market," at roof line; bare trees, other stores, and horse and carriage along intersecting street at right; streetcar tracks in foreground.
  • Date1877
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate from copy 2. Title supplied by cataloger. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectButchers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.