About This Item

  • TitleBaxter St. rag dealers
  • Call NumberWILC_0157
  • Cite AsJulius Wilcox photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of five men, four women, and two boys standing on cobblestoned Baxter Street. One boy is standing on a large partially-open sack of rags. Image includes street light and portion of three-wheeled cart in right foreground.
  • 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: 44a. Title from inscription below image on recto.
  • CreatorWilcox, Julius
  • SubjectCobblestone streets -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Ragpickers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Street lighting -- 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.