About This Item


  • TitleOld well and Winfred at John Ryders
  • Call NumberAUST_0296
  • Cite AsDaniel Berry Austin photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBoy in cap drinking from bucket at wooden well at unknown location, possibly Gravesend; split-rail fence behind well; barn partly obscured by leafy tree in right background.
  • Date1901
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and date from Austin Collection list. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorAustin, Daniel Berry
  • SubjectWells -- New York (State) -- New York ; Drinking (Physiology)
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gravesend (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.