Victor Prevost Photograph Collection 1853-ca. 1943

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Victor Prevost Photograph Collection, 1853-ca. 1943

Victor Prevost Photograph Collection 1853-ca. 1943

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/prevost/prevost.html

The collection consists of 44 calotype negatives and several generations of contact prints. The artfully composed scenes are thought to be among the earliest surviving paper photographic views of New York City. They are prized as fine examples of the calotype process, which was rarely used in the United States. The images portray 23 sites from Battery Place and lower Broadway's commercial buildings to the Crystal Palace exhibition, scattered buildings in upper Manhattan, and churches around East 28th Street, near Prevost's home.

7.42 Linear feet; (5 boxes, plus one flat file folder)

New-York Historical Society