Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
A lunch at the San Mr Hopper pulling cork |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
August 1, 1892 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Alice Austen and Augustine Minshall Hopper sit on a bench at the Glen Springs Sanitarium in Watkins, New York. Alice holds a glass while Augustine uses a corkscrew to open a bottle. On the bench between them is an oval metal tray with a bottle, plates, and food. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Cramer / crown / 381 / A lunch at the San / Mr Hopper pulling cork / Fine day, in shade / W.L. 12 ft 4.30 P.M / Inst slow / Monday Aug 1st 1892 / Watkins NY." (Keywords: Self Portrait) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Earliest Date |
1892 |
Latest Date |
1892 |
Subjects |
Picnics Sanatoriums |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Hopper, Augustine Minshall |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6333 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, July 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. |