The Terminal - New York
- Title:
- The Terminal - New York
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Stieglitz, Alfred
- Creation Date:
- 1893
- ID Number:
- 62
- File Name:
- 62.3267.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- Photogravures (prints)
- Subject:
- Art and Photography
Pictorialism
New York - Measurement:
- 36.4 x 44.3 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- A man watering steaming tram horses on a snowy city street. The horses are pulling a Harlem tram around a curve in the rail and are heading toward the right, another car follows behind. It's a cold winter day, snow is piled on the ground and the snow over the rails is black with grime. The man watering the horses wears a long rubber coat and flat hat, and steam is rising off the hot horses in clouds. Taken in front of the Old Post Office in New York.
- Notes:
- Matted photogravure print. The Herbert F. Johnson Museum holds several other photogravures by Steichen as well as a number of issues of Camera Work, a publication edited by Steichen.
- Cite As:
- Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946), The Terminal—New York, 1893. Photogravure, Image/mount: 36.4 x 44.3, Mat: 40.5 x 52 cm. Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895, 62.3267.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the Mellon Teaching Sets Collection are unknown. Whenever possible, information on current rights owners is included with the image. Digitization took place at varied times from items held at Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in service of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Cornell is providing access to low-resolution, non-downloadable versions of the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial research and educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at museum@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.