Rochester Cold Storage & Ice Co.

Photograph

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2008.005.229

Description

A glass plate negative, possibly collodion, of a scene in a city whereby a uniformed policeman is handing something to a driver of a cart. The city may be Rochester, New York. The cart is labeled "Rochester Cold Storage & Ice Co." and "COAL". The cart is drawn by a horse, mule or donkey standing in harness with hames. The cart is wood with wooden wheels, with metal rims and hub. The cart driver is wearing a workman's cap and belted jacket. The policeman, standing below the cart, carries a portfolio or clipboard, and is dressed in a billed cap with insignia, jacket with high collar and badge on breast, and puttees. The background is out of focus, but shows a beaux arts building in the right distance, and an industrial type building behind the scene. The scene is taken from a low level. The color of the negative is "coffee and cream", which may indicate a collodion print.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Negative, Glass Plate

Collection

Beulah Marshall Bailey Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1920

Place

City

Rochester

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Search Terms

Communication Artifacts, Documentary Artifact, Photography, Peddlers, Horses, Coal, Commercial streets, Ice industry, Horses, Carts & wagons, Police, Photography

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Size of glass plate. Negative is slightly smaller. 5' x 7'

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans & Fashion, 1840-1900. Severa, Joan. The Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio. 1995. Storage Enclosures for Photographic Materials. Albright, Gary. Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets. http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/4Storage_and_Handling/11StorageEnclousres.php. Care Handling, and Storage of Photographs: Information Leaflet. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Stanford University. Aug 1992. http://palimpsest.standford.edu/byauth/roosa/roosa1.html Personal communication. Joe Strubel. Gannett Center for Photography. George Eastman House, Rochester, NY. 585/271-3361.