Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Quarantine boat Charles F. Allen |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
ca. 1900 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Side view of the quarantine boat Charles F. Allen, with four men aboard. A sign with the name "CHARLES F. ALLEN" is visible on the pilothouse, and "CHAS. F. ALLEN" is visible on the bow. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Cramer crown / Quarantine boat The Charles F. Allen / Stop 11. Speed 100 3 Sp focus 100 / R.G. lense / Quarantine / P.A.X No 30." (Keywords: New York) |
Film Size |
8 x 10 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
The Charles F. Allen was one of three boats used by the Quarantine station in Rosebank, Staten Island. It was generally described in contemporary newspapers as a "boarding tug" that was used to transfer patients to the Quarantine islands, and to bring Quarantine staff to inspect arriving ships. |
Earliest Date |
1895 |
Latest Date |
1905 |
Subjects |
Quarantines Boats |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.7058 |
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. |