Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Peristyle & golden statue of Liberty |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
July 10, 1893 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View of the Peristyle, the Grand Basin, and the statue of The Republic at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. There are four boats in the Basin. The photographer's initials are inscribed in the lower right corner of the negative: "COPYRIGHT 1893 E.A.A." The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Stanley / 35 / 587 / Peristyle & golden statue of / Liberty / Fine day windy / W.L. 3.12 P.M / 60 ft Inst fast / Monday July 10th 1893 / World's Fair / (7)." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Earliest Date |
1893 |
Latest Date |
1893 |
Subjects |
Fairs Sculpture |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5276 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, July 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. |