Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Adeline Haxton and Harry Britan] |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
October 7, 1893 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Adeline Haxton and Harry Britain stand on the lawn of the Haxton property in Arrochar, Staten Island. New York Bay is visible in the distance. A large tree in bloom is in the center of the image; an elephant ear plant with large leaves is to the right. The photographer's initials are inscribed in the lower right corner of the negative: "E.A.A." |
Film Size |
6.5 x 8.5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Adeline Haxton's property is shown in the 1898 Richmond County atlas as 3 acres located in Arrochar, just south of Fort Wadsworth. Her property bordered on the Lower Bay of New York Harbor. Her husband William, who passed away in 1896, was an insurance executive. They may have been related to Alice Austen; a carte-de-visite photo of Adeline in the SIHS Austen archival collection identifies her as "Aunt Addie" (with the last name spelled as Haxtum). |
Earliest Date |
1893 |
Latest Date |
1893 |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Haxton, Adeline Reed (Adams) |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6601 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, January 2020. |
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. |