Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
9th Ave Elevated Station Cortlandt St |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
March 27, 1893 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View in Manhattan of an elevated railroad station with a few men and women waiting on the platform. Advertisements on the buildings surrounding the station include: "Old Domino Cigarettes," "Childrens Carriage Manufy," "Disosway & Henderson Hardware," and "If you see it in THE SUN it's so." The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Stanley / 35 / 529 / 9th Ave Elevated Station / Cortlandt St / Cloudy day / W.L. 1.20 P.M / 60 ft Inst / Monday March 27th 1893." (Keywords: New York City) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Earliest Date |
1893 |
Latest Date |
1893 |
Subjects |
Elevated railroads |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5607 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, February 2018. |
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. |