Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Chalet & view from Mt. Rest House, C. Barton & Trude |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
August 19, 1896 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Charles Barton and Trude Eccleston sit in a gazebo with a pointed thatched roof; a sweeping landscape with mountains is in the distance. Trude is seen from the back; Charles is seated on the opposite side of the gazebo, facing her. |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Trude Eccleston, a close friend of photographer Alice Austen, is seated in the gazebo with her future husband, Charles Barton. Trude and Charles married in 1900. This photo provides a sweeping view of the area around Lake Mohonk, New York, a popular resort area. The Eccleston family's vacation to the area was reported in the "Personal Notes" column of the Richmond County Advance newspaper on August 8, 1896: "Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Eccleston and family are spending the month of August at 'Mountain Rest,' near Lake Mohonk." |
Earliest Date |
1896 |
Latest Date |
1896 |
Subjects |
Gazebos |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Eccleston, Gertrude Barton, Charles |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6285 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, July 2015. |
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. |