Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Group of Children |
Object Name |
Transparency, Lantern-slide |
Photographer |
Austen, Peter Townsend |
Date |
1889 |
Collection |
Peter T. Austen Collection |
Description |
Original B&W glass lantern slide. Elizabeth Patty Austen (left), Oswald Austen (center), and William Munroe Austen (right) are on a porch; Elizabeth Patty is seated in a child-size chair. A man and woman stand behind the children but the photo is cropped so they are only visible from the waist down. Corresponding negative 84.059.0079 shows the woman's face; she is Nellie (Munroe) Austen, the children's mother. An adult's folding chair and a child's wicker rocking chair are seen at far right. Probably taken at Bay Head, New Jersey. The edges of the photographic image are covered with a dark paper mask; the rectangular opening in the mask has rounded corners. A clear sheet of protective glass is placed over the image; the edges are sealed with dark tape. Two paper labels with handwritten inscriptions are adhered to the glass: an oval label with red border, "N.B.C. / AUSTEN / 3," and a rectangular strip of paper, "Group of Children / 1889." |
Acquisition |
Gift of Phyllis Borea |
Ownership and History |
Peter Townsend Austen (1852-1907) was the uncle of noted Staten Island photographer Alice Austen. This photo was most likely taken in the shore town of Bay Head, New Jersey, where Peter and his wife Nellie and their three children vacationed during several summers in the 1880s and 1890s. |
Earliest Date |
1889 |
Latest Date |
1889 |
Subjects |
Children Lantern slides |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Austen, Elizabeth Patty Austen, William Munroe Austen, Oswald Townsend Austen, Nellie (Munroe) |
Catalog Number |
84.059.0003 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Great Kills Woman's Club, July 2017. |
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. |