Julius Wilcox photograph collection
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Abstract
This collection includes 446 digital photographs, scans of items in the unprocessed Julius Wilcox photograph collection. The collection is a mix of cyanotypes, copy negatives, and contact prints from copy negatives, created by relatively unknown Brooklyn photographer, Julius Wilcox. Images are of Manhattan and Brooklyn, showing churches, bridges, street scenes, lodging houses, and various borough buildings.
Biographical note
Julius Wilcox was born in Vermont in 1837, later attending Middlebury College, where he was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. At the age of 29, Wilcox moved to New York City, where he worked at the New York Evening Gazette covering fashion and New York society. In the 1890s he became a partner in a bicycle business. He spent the years after the death of his wife in lodgings on Columbia Heights, where he died in 1924 at the age of 87.
Arrangement
Photographs are labled according to the library's standard cataloging procedures and loosly arranged by subject.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 446 digital photographs, scans of items in the unprocessed Julius Wilcox photograph collection. The collection is a mix of cyanotypes, copy negatives, and contact prints from copy negatives. Many photographs include Wilcox's handwritten titles or descriptions. Subjects include Blackwell's Island (Roosevelt Island), lodging houses, churches, homes, street scenes in lower Manhattan, the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges, and prominent buildings in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to users without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
While many items in the Center for Brooklyn History are unrestricted, we do not own reproduction rights to all materials. Be aware of the several kinds of rights that might apply: copyright, licensing and trademarks. The researcher assumes all responsibility for copyright questions.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Julius Wilcox photograph collection, BCMS.0054, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Material Specific Details
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
This collection is available on the library's digital collections portal under the call number prefix WILC.
