Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Group in bathing costumes |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
September 17, 1885 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Alice Austen (at far left) poses in a bathing suit with her friends Trude Eccleston, Julia Marsh (left to right), and two unidentified women. They stand on the grounds of the Austen house, Clear Comfort, in Rosebank, Staten Island. The distinctive entrance gate to the property is visible in the background at right. (Keywords: Self Portrait, New York) |
Film Size |
5 x 8 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Earliest Date |
1885 |
Latest Date |
1885 |
Subjects |
Bathing suits Sport clothes |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Eccleston, Gertrude Lord, Julia (Marsh) |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6459 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, January 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. |