Manhattan Street Scene Circa 1900

Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in a polyester negative, prints, and digital image; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Date: ca. 1900; 1895 Material: safety film; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 2 1/2 x 3 inches (negative); 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:15246 wjr-000927 wjr-000927.tif

Description: A variety of locomotive power is on display at Third Avenue and Ninth Street: horse-drawn vehicles wait for the recently-electrified Third Avenue streetcar to clear the way under the elevated tracks, along which runs a steam-powered engine. A billboard at left advertises Viola Allen's performance in the 1902 Broadway revival of Sheridan Knowles' melodrama "The Hunchback."

Title : Manhattan Street Scene Circa 1900

Collection : aql:9443

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : ca. 1900; 1895

Summary/Description : A variety of locomotive power is on display at Third Avenue and Ninth Street: horse-drawn vehicles wait for the recently-electrified Third Avenue streetcar to clear the way under the elevated tracks, along which runs a steam-powered engine. A billboard at left advertises Viola Allen's performance in the 1902 Broadway revival of Sheridan Knowles' melodrama "The Hunchback."

Subject : Horse-drawn vehicles; Railroads, Elevated; Street-railroads

Relation : This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in a polyester negative, prints, and digital image; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Third Avenue at Ninth Street, New York, NY Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : safety film; gelatin silver prints; 2 1/2 x 3 inches (negative); 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:15246 wjr-000927 wjr-000927.tif