Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
The three Caravels |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
July 10, 1893 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View of three sailing ships in a lagoon at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, with a large building to the left. The photographer's initials are inscribed in the lower right corner: "COPYRIGHT 1893 E.A.A." The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Stanley / 35 / 577 / The three Caravels / Fine day / W.L. Inst fast / 60 ft 11.12 am / Monday July 10th 1893 / Worlds Fair / (10)." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
The Columbus Caravels were replicas of the ships used by Christopher Columbus in his voyage to the new world. |
Earliest Date |
1893 |
Latest Date |
1893 |
Subjects |
Fairs Ships |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5279 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, February 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. |