Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Lake & swan boats Lincoln Park |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
July 14, 1893 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View of a lake, with a row of empty rowboats along the shore in the foreground. A bridge is seen in the distance. At right, a group of men, women, and children are sitting on benches at the shore of the lake. A swan boat is in the water at left. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Stanley / 35 / No. 602 / Lake & swan boats / Lincoln Park / Fine day / W.L. / 2.30 P.M / 60 ft / Inst quick / Friday July 14th 1893 / Chicago / Ills." (Keyword: Illinois) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
This photo was taken during Alice Austen's trip to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. |
Earliest Date |
1893 |
Latest Date |
1893 |
Subjects |
Rowboats Lakes & ponds |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6078 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, March 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. |