Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Soldiers Home & men |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
August 19, 1890 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Eleven men stand in a row in front of a two-story building in Bennington, Vermont. The building has two large porches, with trees in bloom on either side. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "435 / Cramer / Light / Soldiers Home & men. / Fine, clear day / 9.55 a.m / Stop 22 / 3 1/2 secs / P. / Tuesday Aug 19th 1890 / Bennington." |
Film Size |
6.5 x 8.5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
The Soldiers Home (now the Vermont Veterans' Home) was established in Bennington in 1884 to care for ailing Civil War veterans. |
Earliest Date |
1890 |
Latest Date |
1890 |
Subjects |
Veterans |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6976 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, July 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. |