Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Our house from end of front walk |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
September 6, 1892 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Front view of Clear Comfort, the Austen family home in Rosebank, Staten Island. Photo shows the lawn, the walkway, and the house's ivy-covered facade. An elderly man with a beard is seated in a rocking chair on the porch; it is most likely Alice Austen's grandfather, John Haggerty Austen. Near him is a pug, most likely Alice's dog Punch. A hammock hangs on the porch at left, and at right is a telescope on a table. The image is slightly out of focus. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Stanley / 35 / No. 414 / Our house from end of / front walk / Fine, sunny day / W.L. / 9 am / 60 ft / Inst, slow. / Wed. Sept. 6th 1892." (Keywords: New York) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Photographer Alice Austen took many photographs of the interior and exterior of her beloved family home. The house is now operated as a museum by the Friends of Alice Austen House, Inc. It is a National Historic Landmark, and in 2017 the house's listing on the National Register of Historic Places was amended to include LGBTQ history as an area of significance. The Alice Austen House is also listed in the 2018 "Historic Context Statement for LGBT History in New York City," prepared for the National Park Service and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. |
Earliest Date |
1892 |
Latest Date |
1892 |
Subjects |
Houses |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Austen, John Haggerty |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5223 |
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. |