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Gurney's Daguerrean Saloon - Broadway, New York

Title: Gurney's Daguerrean Saloon - Broadway, New York
Subject: Leisure; Women--New York (State); Upper class; Upper class women; Commercial art gallery visitors
Description: This print depicts men and women in the lobby or Saloon area of Jeremiah Gurney’s gallery an excerpt from the corresponding article states “To spend an afternoon in inspecting the extensive portrait galleries of the daguerrean [sic] rooms of the city is beginning to be classed among the amusements of New York." This showcases the leisure of upper class society that was later class intergrated as women from the lower class spheres started to enjoy these elite forms of leisure
Creator: Unknown Artist
Date: 1853
Source: Unknown Artist, “
Gurney's Daguerrean Saloon - Broadway, New York”, circa 1853, available at National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Rights: Public Domain via Smithsonian Institute
Type: Print
Format: Jpg
Language: English
Coverage: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Crisis of the Union: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850–1877)