Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1995.001.001.01 |
Object Name |
Print, Photomechanical |
Title |
Street sweeper |
Photographer |
Austen, Alice, 1866-1952 |
Collection |
Alice Austen House Museum Collection |
Date |
1896 |
Description |
A street sweeper brushes the cobblestone streets at 48th and 8th Avenue in Manhattan on a bright, sunny day, June 12, 1896. He wears a white uniform complete with a white hat. 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 |
Sanitation Sanitation workers Street cleaning |