Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1995.001.001.08 |
Object Name |
Print, Photomechanical |
Title |
Hansom cab |
Photographer |
Austen, Alice, 1866-1952 |
Collection |
Alice Austen House Museum Collection |
Date |
ca. 1896 |
Description |
A hansom cab and its driver wait in the cobblestone streets at Union Square in New York City. The awnings on the shop fronts show advertisements for their shops. This photograph is one of the 12 included in Alice Austen's photogravure portfolio entitled Street Types of New York, published in 1896. |
Print size |
3.75 x 4.75 in. |
Medium |
Photographic Paper |
Search Terms |
Street Types |
Subjects |
Horses Streets Taxicab drivers |