Image Title

:  New York City--scenes and incidents in the Prize Baby Show.

Published Date

: 1877

Depicted Date

: 1877

Specific Material Type

: Prints

Item Physical Description

: 1 print : b&w ; 37 x 25 cm. (14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)

Notes

: Printed on border: "Held at Midget Hall, Fourteenth Street and Fifth Avenue, November 26th to December 1st.--see page 243." Clockwise from top left: "Feeling the baby's legs ; An infantile watch-grabber ; The smallest baby in the show ; Visitors depositing their ballots for the 'prize baby' ; The fattest baby in the show ; A feminine scramble over the smallest baby."

Original Source

: From Leslie's monthly magazine. (New York : F. Leslie, 1904-1905.) .

Source

: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / New York City -- life -- 1800s

Source Description

: 4 folders (158 pictures)

Location

: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection

Catalog Call Number

: PC NEW YC-Lif-18

Digital ID

: 805639

Record ID

: 693481

Digital Item Published

: 10-28-2005; updated 7-11-2008