Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Milsingah Falls, to the rear, Mr. Browne sitting in front |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
August 20, 1892 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. John C. Browne sits on a rock at the edge of a stream at Milzingah Falls in Fishkill, New York. In the background is a waterfall down a rocky cliff. There is an inscription on the face of the cliff alongside the waterfall: "MILZ / INGAH / FALLS." The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Stanley / 35 / 401 / Milsingah [sic] Falls, to the rear / Mr Browne sitting in front / Dark, cloudy day / W.L. 2 1/2 secs / 60 ft / 10.15 a.m / Sat. August 20th / 1892 / Fishkill." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
John C. Browne was a leader of the amateur photography community in Philadelphia and a regular visitor to Presqu’ile, the home of Alice Austen's relative Emily (Denning) Van Rennselaer in Fishkill, New York. |
Earliest Date |
1892 |
Latest Date |
1892 |
Subjects |
Waterfalls Landscape photographs |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Browne, John C. |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6404 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, July 2018. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |