Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
Our party in stern of Wabun |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
October 24, 1892 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. (From left to right): Ralph Munroe, Alice Austen, Thomas Quincy Browne Jr., and Nellie (Munroe) Austen are seated in the yacht "Wabun" on the water. Alice holds a conch shell up to her mouth. The sail is furled above them; a hilly shoreline is in the background. The photographer's initials are inscribed in the lower left corner of the negative: "E.A.A." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
In October 1892, Alice Austen took a trip on the yacht "Wabun" with her aunt, Nellie (Munroe) Austen, and Nellie's brother, Ralph Munroe. The other man in this photo is Thomas Quincy Browne Jr., who graduated from Harvard in 1888. The group departed from New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Alice and Nellie sailed as far as Annapolis, Maryland. Their journey took them through the Delaware and Raritan Canal, the Delaware River, the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and the Chesapeake Bay. After Alice and Nellie departed the trip in Annapolis, Ralph Munroe and Thomas Quincy Browne Jr. continued on to Biscayne Bay, Florida. Ralph Munroe was a noted yacht designer; the "Wabun," launched in 1892, was one of the more than 40 sailing vessels he designed. His autobiography, "The Commodore's Story," was published in 1930. |
Earliest Date |
1892 |
Latest Date |
1892 |
Subjects |
Yachts |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Austen, Nellie (Munroe) Munroe, Ralph Middleton Browne, Thomas Quincy, Jr. |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6225 |
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. |