Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
No. piazza half length |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
August 13, 1899 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View down the length of the porch of the Catskill Mountain House. The porch has tall fluted columns with decorative capitals, a railing on the right, and shuttered windows on the left. At the far end of the porch, the photographer's mother, Alice Cornell Austen, sits in a rocking chair, reading a newspaper; she wears a hat and coat. There is an empty chair next to her. Mountains are visible in the distance. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription (the inscription also refers to negative 50.015.7407): "Stanley / 50 / Piazza Mountain House, length / 60 ft / 12.30 pm Inst. / Fine day, in shade / Sat Aug 13th 1899 / No. piazza half length / 12.35 PM with Mamma / W. Lense / Catskill." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
The Catskill Mountain House was a famous hotel that served a wealthy clientele. It was located in the Catskill Mountains region of New York state, near the town of Palenville. |
Earliest Date |
1899 |
Latest Date |
1899 |
Subjects |
Hotels Porches |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Austen, Alice Cornell |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6405 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, April 2017. |
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. |