Photograph
Broadway on a rainy day
New York City · 1859
Original archival photograph
The surviving historical source image.
What the picture shows
A wet masonry street, seen as a stereograph: two frames on one card, horses, wagons, and multi-story buildings.
Documented context
The request was for a streetscape of the 1840s or early 1850s. This is the Broadway photograph located. It is 1859, not that earlier window. Both frames are left on the card.
- Photographer
- Edward Anthony
- License
- Public domain.