Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1995.001.001.09 |
Object Name |
Print, Photomechanical |
Title |
Organ grinder and wife |
Photographer |
Austen, Alice, 1866-1952 |
Collection |
Alice Austen House Museum Collection |
Date |
ca. 1896 |
Description |
An organ grinder and his wife stand at the edge of a cobblestone street at 48th Street and Broadway in New York City. The wife appears to be pregnant and she holds a metal cup, likely for donations. 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 |
4 x 4.75 in. |
Medium |
Photographic Paper |
Search Terms |
Street Types |
Subjects |
Couples Organ grinders Street musicians Streets |