Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Quarantine boat James W. Wadsworth] |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
August 25, 1900 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View of the Quarantine boat James W. Wadsworth, tied to a dock; the boat is crowded with men and boys who have been detained in quarantine. The shoreline of Rosebank, Staten Island, where the Quarantine station headquarters was located, is at right. (Keywords: New York City, Early Twentieth Century) |
Film Size |
8 x 10 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
A cropped version of this image was published in the New-York Tribune article "Most Powerful Hold-Up Man in the World" on June 20, 1909. The article discussed the work of Dr. Alva Hunt Doty, who served as Health Officer of the Port of New York from 1895 to 1912. |
Earliest Date |
1900 |
Latest Date |
1900 |
Subjects |
Quarantines Boats Immigrants |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.7073 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, March 2019. |
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. |