Caption

Sixth Avenue, photograph, page, photographer: George Gardner Rockwood, Central Park (New York), c. 1866 - in or before 1871, North America, New York (city), paper, albumen print, height 103 mm x width 166 mm, public gardens, park, avenue, boulevard, promenade, esplanade, A wide sepia-toned photograph shows a rough, gravel-covered roadway stretching from foreground to background with a small horse-drawn carriage and a second horse hitched to a wagon positioned along the left side, a boxy wooden vehicle about mid-distance near the center with a person standing beside it, a cylindrical steamroller or similar heavy roller slightly to the right with a person nearby, and a large leafy tree cluster on the right edge with scattered construction materials along its base under an expansive sky.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A77_218

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38.3Mb (5.6Mb) / 14.5in x 10.3in / 4349 x 3080 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sixth Avenue photograph page photographer George Gardner Rockwood Central Park New York c 1866 - 1871 North America city paper albumen print height 103 mm x width 166 mm public gardens park avenue boulevard promenade esplanade wide sepia-toned photograph rough gravel-covered roadway stretching foreground background small horse-drawn carriage second horse hitched wagon positioned left side boxy wooden vehicle mid-distance near center person standing beside cylindrical steamroller heavy roller slightly right person nearby large leafy tree cluster right edge scattered construction materials base under expansive sky