Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Tug boat in deep Lock & Butterball |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
October 24, 1892 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View of a tugboat in a lock in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in Chesapeake City, Maryland. In the foreground, Thomas Quincy Browne Jr. (nickname "Butterball") stands on the deck of the yacht "Wabun." The photographer's initials are inscribed in the lower left corner of the negative: "E.A.A." The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Stanley / 35 / 477 / Tug boat in deep Lock & Butterball / Chesepeake [sic] City / Fine day / W.L. / 1.30 P.M / Inst / 60 ft / Monday Oct 24th 1892 / Canal Trip." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
In October 1892, Alice Austen took a trip on the yacht "Wabun" with her aunt, Nellie (Munroe) Austen; Nellie's brother, Ralph Munroe; and Thomas Quincy Browne Jr. The group departed from New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Alice and Nellie sailed as far as Annapolis, Maryland. Their journey took them through the Delaware and Raritan Canal, the Delaware River, the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and the Chesapeake Bay. After Alice and Nellie departed the trip in Annapolis, Ralph Munroe and Thomas Quincy Browne Jr. continued on to Biscayne Bay, Florida. Ralph Munroe was a noted yacht designer; the "Wabun," launched in 1892, was one of the more than 40 sailing vessels he designed. His autobiography, "The Commodore's Story," was published in 1930. |
Earliest Date |
1892 |
Latest Date |
1892 |
Subjects |
Tugboats Locks (Hydraulic engineering) Canals |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Browne, Thomas Quincy, Jr. |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6226 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, March 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. |