Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Dance hall, South Beach, Staten Island] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
ca. 1905-1915 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. Front view of a two-story building on the boardwalk at South Beach, Staten Island, with the beach in the foreground. The building has several signs and inscriptions: "RESTAURANT & QUICK LUNCH;" "DANCE / HALL;" and "RUBSAM / AND / HORRMANN / EXTRA / LAGER BEER." Handwritten inscription at the top edge of the photo: "ERECTED 1895." Inscription on the photo sleeve indicates that this photo came from a 1916 photo album. (Keywords: New York City, Early Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
3.250 x 6.625 |
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 |
1905 |
Latest Date |
1915 |
Subjects |
Beaches Dance halls |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Skinner, Edwin H. |
Catalog Number |
52.012.0049 |
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. |