Broadway

Title: Broadway
Subject: Women--New York (State); Upper class women; Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
Description: This image Entitled “Broadway” depicts two seemingly upper class women walking together through a crowded street. The women are wearing multiple pieces of contemporary fashion in the image showcasing not only independence, with women walking without men but also showcases consumerism in women during the 19th century
Creator: W. S. L. Jewett
Date: February 15, 1868
Source: W. S. L. Jewett, “Broadway,”From Harper’s Weekly, circa 1868, Available at the Library at the Bard Graduate Center.
Rights: Public Domain
Type: Still Image
Format: Jpg
Language: English
Coverage: Crisis of the Union: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850–1877)

The Development of Modern America (1865–1920).