Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Outing of the Employees of the Rubsam & Horrmann Brewing Co. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Bear, George |
Date |
October 17, 1907 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on a gray cardboard mount. Group portrait of employees of the Rubsam & Horrmann Brewing Company of Stapleton, Staten Island. The men are arranged in five rows; the front three rows are seated, and the back two rows are standing. They are outdoors, in front of several trees. Several of the men hold mugs. There are two wooden barrels on the ground in front of the group. An inset photograph in a circle above the group has a portrait of a seated man wearing a suit and hat and holding a cane. Printed inscription at the bottom of the image: "OUTING / of the / Employees of the Rubsam & Horrmann Brewing Co., / to / LANG'S PICNIC GROUNDS, NEW DORP, S.I., / OCTOBER 17TH. 1907." Inscription at lower right: "BEAR / S.I." (Keywords: New York City, Early Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
8.250 x 13 |
Acquisition |
Collection of the Staten Island Historical Society |
Ownership and History |
The Rubsam & Horrmann Brewing Company, established in 1870, was one of Staten Island's largest breweries in the late 19th century and well into the 20th century. |
Earliest Date |
1907 |
Latest Date |
1907 |
Subjects |
Group portraits Employees Brewing industry Picnic grounds |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
PH01.0329 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, September 2019. |
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. |