ALEXANDER FRAZER - OYSTER DEALER - DEPOT NO. 1 FOOT OF BROOME STREET. EAST RIVER N.Y. STEPHENSON'S RIVER VIEW. BETWEEN BROOME & DELANCY ST. EAST STREET, N.Y.
Alexander Frazer - Oyster Dealer - Depot No. 1 Foot of Broome Street. East River N.Y. Stephenson's River View. Between Broome & Delancy St. East Street, N.Y.
Three-stone lithograph, c.1865
Image 13 7/8 x 21 1/2" (35.4 x 53.7 cm)
Very good condition. Printed in colors. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 96295
Price: $9,950.00 Publisher : No artist, lithographer or publisher's name given A wonderful view showing the oyster business in lower Manhattan. Shown are twelve numbered oyster barges that are in the East River between Broome and Delancy Streets in Manhattan, just south of the Williamsburg Bridge.
Left to right the dealers are White & Frazer, No. 3; J.D. Van Name &Co. , No.2; Coleman & Anderson, No 12; Silsbe & Still, No. 11; W. Stringham & Co. No.10; J.W. Boyle, No. 8; S. D. Barnes & Co..,No. 4; J. & G. F. Thompson, No. 5; J.C. Van Name & Co. No.6; Alexander Frazer, No. 1; Furman & Phelps, No. 7; and R. K. Terry & Co., No. 9. The small building to the far right is W. Churchill, private watchman. Horses and wagons appear in the foreground, each with a business name on the wagon, each ready to make deliveries throughout the city.
New York City was the world leader in the oyster trade throughout the 19th century. The bays and harbors were full of oysters, reportedly upwards to a foot long. Sadly, by the early 20th century all the oyster beds in the city had been destroyed by overfishing and pollution.
Rare! We have no records of listing this print before. A variant is known to exist advertising S. D. Barnes & Co. instead of Frazer. 18th-19th Century Subjects , New York City , Manhattan