Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Miss Sanford & Mrs Snively |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
August 29, 1890 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Eliza M. Snively (at right) and a woman identified as Miss Sanford stand on a lawn in Bennington, Vermont. Both women lift their skirts to show their stockings. Behind them is a picket fence in dilapidated condition. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "A&R / 40 / 69 / Miss Sanford & Mrs Snively / Fine day / 10 ft / 5 35 pm / D. / Friday Aug 29th 1890 / Bennington Vt." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
This photograph was published in the book "Alice's World" by Ann Novotny in 1976. The photo was captioned "Two respectable residents of Bennington, Vermont, egged on by Alice and Julia Martin, expose a shocking amount of black-stockinged ankle, calf and knee. 'She was a devil of a girl, if ever there was one,' old Miss Austen chuckled when she remembered Mrs. Snively. 'Oh, she was a corker!' " |
Earliest Date |
1890 |
Latest Date |
1890 |
Subjects |
Clothing & dress |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Snively, Eliza M. |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5496 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, April 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. |