Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Hall in Julie Lord's house |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
October 16, 1889 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Interior view of a room with a staircase at right. The room is furnished with a desk, two rocking chairs, a lamp, and various decorative accessories. Also visible are a floor rug, wallpaper, and French doors with sheer curtains. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Seed 26 / 373 / Hall in Julie Lord's house / Clear day, light fair. / 11.05 a.m / Stop 44 / 10 min. / Perken lense / Wednesday Oct 16th 1889." (Keywords: New York) |
Film Size |
6.5x8.5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Julia Marsh was a friend of the photographer Alice Austen, and she appears in a number of Austen photographs. In 1888 Julia married George Osgood Lord, and they resided on Wandel Avenue in Clifton, Staten Island, for many years before moving to Millburn, New Jersey around 1920. |
Earliest Date |
1889 |
Latest Date |
1889 |
Subjects |
Interiors Stairhalls |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Lord, Julia (Marsh) |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6806 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, February 2013. |
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. |