Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
An Outing at Silver Lake Park |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Bear, George |
Date |
1890 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on beige cardboard mount. A group of men, most on horseback, are on an unpaved road, with trees in the background. Most of the men wear suits and hats, and some wear sashes over their suits. Three of the men are dressed in costume. One man at right is dressed like a king, wearing a crown and holding a sword; the man next to him is dressed as a woman with a dress and long braided hair; a man in costume at left holds the reins of a horse. There are several American flags behind the group, and a sign is visible: "PICTURES 10c." Handwritten inscription in pen across the bottom: "AN OUTING AT SILVER LAKE PARK." Handwritten in pen in the lower left corner (in two different handwritings): "BEAR PHOTOS / S.I." and "1890." Handwritten inscription in pencil on the reverse of the mount: "William Horrmann on black horse. / Philip Wolff, Stapleton builder, on / gray horse." (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
10.250 x 13.125 |
Acquisition |
Gift of George Bear |
Ownership and History |
Photographer George Bear (1856-1945) opened his studio on Beach Street in Stapleton, Staten Island, around 1881. He had apprenticed as a photographer in Germany and immigrated to the U.S. in the 1870s. Bear's clients were drawn primarily from the German-American community of Stapleton and frequently included factory workers, laborers, and tradesmen. |
Earliest Date |
1890 |
Latest Date |
1890 |
Subjects |
Parks |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Bear, George Horrmann, William |
Catalog Number |
39.007.0004 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, April 2018. |
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. |