Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Irving family home] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Almstaedt, Isaac |
Date |
ca. 1891 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on a black cardboard mount with gold edges. Interior view of the Irving family home on Grymes Hill, Staten Island. View shows a large hallway with arched openings. There is a fireplace at right. Furnishings include a table and a tall case clock. Printed inscription in gold on the mount below the photo: "I. Almstaedt TOMPKINSVILLE, S.I." Handwritten label on the reverse of the mount: "Our House / Staten Island / About / 1891." |
Print size |
9.875 x 12.875 |
Acquisition |
Gift of Hazle W. Edens |
Ownership and History |
This was the home of Ellen (DuPont) and Alexander Duer Irving. They purchased the home in 1885 and lived there until 1896, when they moved to "Sunnyside," the former home of author Washington Irving, in Irvington-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York. Washington Irving was a great-uncle of Alexander Duer Irving. The donor of this photo was the great-granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irving. |
Earliest Date |
1885 |
Latest Date |
1896 |
Subjects |
Houses Interiors Halls |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Irving, Ellen (DuPont) Irving, Alexander Duer |
Catalog Number |
97.022.0002 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, July 2020. |
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. |