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ID: 700005679
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005679
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
[Broadway, looking north from Broome Street, New York] (salted paper print; Attributed to Silas A. Holmes (American, 1820 - 1886) (Ameri...; about 1853 - 1855; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XM.351.8)
Note: Broadway, New York, looking north from Broome Street towards Spring Street. At the center of the image is the St. Nicholas Hotel, 519 Broadway. The finials visible to the north are part of Prescott House hotel, at 531 Broadway.The foreground bus says "Crystal Palace" which only existed between 1853 - 1855.
Titles:
[Broadway, looking north from Broome Street, New York] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)
[Broadway, looking north, between Spring St. & Prince St., New York] (C,U,English,,)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
salted paper print [300127149] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)

Classifications:
photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1853 - 1855

Creator Display:
Attributed to Silas A. Holmes (American, 1820 - 1886) (American Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
Holmes, Silas A. (American photographer, 1820-1886) [500095303]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 84.XM.351.8
Display Materials: Salted paper print
salted paper processes [300053495]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic processes)

Dimensions: Image: 29.2 x 39.1 cm (11 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.)
General Subject:
cityscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
St. Nicholas Hotel [700002877]
.....(St. Nicholas Hotel [700002877], Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings [700009567], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)
New York [7007567]
.....(New York state (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
streets [300008247]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by function>, transportation spaces, roads, <roads by form>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Inscr. ro. mount in pencil: "Broadway 1853" & "Fredericks [sic]?, Holmes?".
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
[Broadway, looking north from Broome Street, New York]........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
[Broadway, looking north, between Spring St. & Prince St., New York]........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM,VP]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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