Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Lake view from the knoll |
Object Name |
Stereoview |
Photographer |
Almstaedt, Isaac |
Date |
ca. 1880-1885 |
Collection |
Isaac Almstaedt Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original B&W stereoview on a cardboard mount; the mount is orange on the front and pink on the reverse. View from a hillside looking down toward a lake surrounded by trees, with a curving path in the middle distance. Handwritten inscription on the mount below the photo: "Lake view from the knoll." Handwritten inscription on the reverse of the mount: "D.W.B." (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
3.625 x 6.5 |
Acquisition |
Collection of the Staten Island Historical Society |
Ownership and History |
This photo shows Clifton Lake, on the estate of Mark Birmingham (ca. 1827-1914) in the area of Staten Island now known as Shore Acres. The initials "D.W.B." on the reverse of the mount may be those of Mark Birmingham's son, David Walton Birmingham. The entrance to the Birmingham Estate was on New York Avenue (now Bay Street) at or near what is now Sea Gate Road. The estate lay between what is now Harborview Road and Arthur Von Briesen Park, and extended to the waterfront of New York Harbor. The grounds included carriage drives, greenhouses, a house facing the waterfront, and Clifton Lake. The property was subsequently owned by John Francis Emmons, and the estate was later purchased by real estate developer Cornelius G. Kolff, who built the Shore Acres community on the site. |
Earliest Date |
1880 |
Latest Date |
1885 |
Subjects |
Landscape photographs Stereographs Lakes & ponds |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Brumagim, Mark Brumagim, David |
Catalog Number |
PH01.0989 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, February 2020. |
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. |