Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[William Henry Depuy butcher shop] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Studio or Publisher |
Long & Heppner |
Date |
1886 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on a beige cardboard mount. Front and side view of a small one-story clapboard building with a front porch. Two horse-drawn wagons are parked in front of the building; the wagon at left is harnessed to a horse, and a boy is seated on the driver's seat. Inscription on the side of the wagon at left: "W.H. DEPUY / P.R.S.I. / XLCR." A man stands behind the wagon, resting his right hand on the back. The wagon at right has an inscription on the side: "XLCR / MARKET / W.H. DEPUY / P.R. / S.I." A man and a boy stand on the porch in front of the building. Another building is partially visible at right, possibly a carriage manufactory; sign "CAR [rest is not visible]" is above the open door. Handwritten inscription in ink on the mount below the image: "1886." Printed inscription at the lower edge of the mount: "[LO]NG & HEPPNER Photos 327 East 34th Street, N.Y." (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
6.125 x 8.125 |
Ownership and History |
William Henry Depuy (1842-1931) operated a butcher shop in Port Richmond, Staten Island. His store is also pictured in photos PH01.0211 and PH01.2033, which show a different (later) building. His store was the subject of an article in the Richmond County Advance on December 3, 1904: "Who Took Them? Nowhere on the North Shore was there displayed a more tempting array of turkeys for the Thanksgiving feasters than at Depuy's butcher-shop, Jewett avenue, Port Richmond. Many of the 28-cents-a-pound variety were kept for the householders until Thursday morning, and when Mr. Depuy and his assistant went to the shop on that day, they were surprised to find that some person or persons had been there ahead of them, and several of the choicest birds were missing. No clue to the thieves." |
Earliest Date |
1886 |
Latest Date |
1886 |
Subjects |
Stores & shops Storefronts Carts & wagons Butcher shops |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
DePuy, William Henry |
Catalog Number |
PH01.2034 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, May 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. |