Eighteenth-Century Footwarmer
Collection: This image is from the Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, print, and digital image.; Image is part of the Jacob F. Wieners Photographs

Date: ca. 1896; 1891
Material: unknown material on plate glass; gelatin silver print Dimension:
8 x 10 inches (glass plate negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: Jacob F. Wieners, Jr.
Identifier: aql:11959 jfw-000078 jfw-000078.tif
Description: An eighteenth-century foot warmer in the collection of St. George's Church is photographed on a pedestal, with the door open to show the metal drawer that held hot coals. During a time when public spaces were poorly heated, women and children often carried foot warmers to church.
Creator :
Jacob F. Wieners, Jr.
Date :
ca. 1896; 1891
Summary/Description :
An eighteenth-century foot warmer in the collection of St. George's Church is photographed on a pedestal, with the door open to show the metal drawer that held hot coals. During a time when public spaces were poorly heated, women and children often carried foot warmers to church.
Subject :
St. George's Church (Flushing, New York, N.Y.); Antiques
Relation :
This image is from the Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, print, and digital image.; Image is part of the Jacob F. Wieners Photographs
Rights :
Copyright holder unknown
Coverage :
Main Street at Locust Street (now 39th Avenue), Flushing, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
glass plate negative; black and white print; digital image
Format :
unknown material on plate glass; gelatin silver print; 8 x 10 inches (glass plate negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Identifier :
aql:11959 jfw-000078 jfw-000078.tif
Subject:
St. George's Church (Flushing, New York, N.Y.); Antiques
St. George's Church (Flushing, New York, N.Y.); Antiques
Rights Notice
Copyright holder unknown
Copyright holder unknown
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