Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Uncle Peter and Mr. & Mrs. Voorhees] |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
September 1, 1887 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Peter T. Austen (standing at right), uncle of photographer Alice Austen, poses on a lawn with a man and a woman identified in an inscription as Mr. and Mrs. Voorhees. Mrs. Voorhees is seated in a chair, and the men stand behind her. The men wear three-piece suits and pocket watches. Mrs. Voorhees wears a dark color dress and a floral hat. The location is likely Clear Comfort, the Austen family home in Rosebank, Staten Island, as Alice Austen took another photo at Clear Comfort on the same date. (Keywords: New York) |
Film Size |
6.5 x 8.5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
The Voorhees are Mr. and Mrs. Willard P. Voorhees, who lived across the street from Peter T. Austen in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Willard P. Voorhees was a lawyer and later served as a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. |
Earliest Date |
1887 |
Latest Date |
1887 |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Austen, Peter Townsend Voorhees, Willard Penfield Voorhees, Sarah R. (Neilson) |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6627 |
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. |