Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Metropolitan Opera House |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
December 11, 1891 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View of the Metropolitan Opera House in Manhattan, as seen from across the street. A horse-drawn streetcar passes in front of the building; inscription on the side of the streetcar: "BROADWAY." The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "234 / A&R / 40 / Metropolitan Opera House / 39 St & Bway / NY / Fine, bright day / 60 ft / 2 P.M / Inst / W.L. / Friday Dec 11th / 1891." (Keywords: New York) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
This photo shows the first location of the Metropolitan Opera, at Broadway and 39th Street. |
Earliest Date |
1891 |
Latest Date |
1891 |
Subjects |
Opera houses Street railroads |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5612 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, February 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. |