Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
9 lb R.M.S. field gun in action |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
September 4, 1896 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View of parade grounds and buildings at Fort Frontenac in Kingston, Canada. Soldiers in uniform stand alongside two wheeled carts, one with a cannon and one with a limber box. One of the soldiers holds a ramrod. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription, which also refers to negative 50.015.6056: "Cramer / Crown / No 980 & 981 / Postman at Alwington gate / W.L. 10 ft / 11 am / Fine day, in shade / Tuesday Sept 1st 1896 / 981 9 lb R.M.S. field gun in action / Friday Sept 4th 2.50 P.M / Kingston / Canada." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Earliest Date |
1896 |
Latest Date |
1896 |
Subjects |
Military facilities Cannons Soldiers |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6054 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, March 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. |