Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Camp Seaview, South Beach, Staten Island] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1910 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. View of a row of bungalows on a low hill; there are two bungalows at the foot of the hill. A wooden fence runs down the hill and continues on the lower ground. The buildings are surrounded by shrubbery and trees in bloom. There is a sign posted at right: "CAMP SEAVIEW / BUNGALOWS AND PLOTS / TO LET." Another sign is posted at left: "BUNGALOWS / TO LET." The lower left quadrant of the photo has been retouched with black and white ink. Handwritten inscription along the top edge of the photo: "1910." Handwritten inscription in pencil on reverse: "N. to be Pub." (Keywords: New York City, Early Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
5 x 7 |
Acquisition |
Gift of Edwin Skinner |
Ownership and History |
This is one of a group of photographs donated to the Historical Society in 1952 by Edwin H. Skinner, who for many years was manager of the Staten Island Beach Land Improvement Company in South Beach. |
Earliest Date |
1910 |
Latest Date |
1910 |
Subjects |
Beaches Camps Bungalows |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Skinner, Edwin H. |
Catalog Number |
52.012.0019 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, April 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. |