Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Big Fountain McMonnies |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
July 10, 1893 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View of the McMonnies fountain at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, with buildings in the background. The photographer's initials are inscribed in the lower right corner of the negative: "COPYRIGHT 1893 E.A.A." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Alice Austen copyrighted several of her photographs of the World's Columbian Exposition, suggesting that she may have intended them for publication, but there is no record of her publishing or selling them commercially. |
Earliest Date |
1893 |
Latest Date |
1893 |
Subjects |
Fairs Fountains Sculpture |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5271 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, April 2013. |
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. |