About This Item

  • TitleJeny McAuley Mission
  • Call NumberWILC_0100
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryGroup of twelve or thirteen formally dressed adults and children, possibly recipients of charity from mission house, standing on sidewalk in lower Manhattan for group photograph; large sign painted on side of three-story brick building behind them reads, "The Old McAuley Mission, 316 Water St. Everyone Welcome"; posters on wall along street, and wooden barrell and fire hydrant in right foreground.
  • Date1892
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 5 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate from WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images. Original cyanotype image has number: 64.c. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectMissions -- New York (State) -- New York ; Urban poor -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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.