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Brooklyn street-scenes

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Image ID

800662


Item data

Title

Brooklyn street-scenes

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Brooklyn -- 1899 & Earlier

Names

Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896 (Artist)
Filmer, John (Wood engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1874

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Broo-18

Subjects

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- To 1899
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1870-1879
Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1870-1879
Clinton Street (New York, N.Y) -- 1870-1879
Pedestrians -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1870-1879
Sidewalks -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1870-1879
steeples
Walkways
Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Pedestrian bridges

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Notes

Content: At top: the Penny Bridge linking Pierrepont Place and Montague Terrace over the Montague Street Cut (also known as Wall Street Ferry Hill), Brooklyn Heights. At the right of the bridge is the A. A. Low mansion on Pierrepont Place.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 27 x 19 cm. (10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17537251
Barcode: 33333159146105
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ea274380-c559-012f-ded4-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1874

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Brooklyn street-scenes" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1874. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ea274380-c559-012f-ded4-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1874). Brooklyn street-scenes Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ea274380-c559-012f-ded4-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Brooklyn street-scenes" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ea274380-c559-012f-ded4-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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