Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
[Julia Martin, Julia Bredt and self dressed up, sitting down] |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
October 15, 1891 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Alice Austen (left), Julia Martin (center), and Julia Bredt (right) are dressed as men, with mustaches. Part of a house is visible at right. (Keywords: Self Portrait, New York) |
Film Size |
6.5 x 8.5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Alice Austen and her friends dressed up as men "just for fun," as Alice commented when viewing this photo years later. |
Earliest Date |
1891 |
Latest Date |
1891 |
Subjects |
Friendship Costumes Cross-dressing |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Bredt, Julia Frederika Martin, Julia Taber |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6610 |
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. |