About This Item

  • TitleFive Points House of Industry
  • Call NumberWILC_0407
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryExterior view of the Five Points House of Industry, an orphanage as well as a home for truant children and destitute women and children, located at 155 Worth Street.
  • 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: 116a. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectFive Points House of Industry ; Children -- Institutional care -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Women -- Institutional care -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJulius Wilcox photograph collection
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationFive Points (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.