Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Chop Suey Restaurant, South Beach] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
ca. 1915 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. Front view of a two-story building; the first floor appears to have a series of connected doors that would open up the front of the building. Sign painted on the second floor of the building: "CHOP SUEY RESTAURANT." Two signs are attached to the building: "SCHAFFER'S / POSTAL FOTO'S" and "CHOP SUEY." A small building at right has faint lettering on the front: "LEMONADE / ..." A vehicle and two wheelbarrows are in front of the building. Handwritten inscription in pencil along the top edge of the photo: "ERECTED 1912 DESIGNED EHS." There is strip of paper attached to one edge on the reverse, suggesting that the photo had been removed from an album. (Keywords: New York City, Early Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
4.875 x 6.875 |
Acquisition |
Gift of Edwin Skinner |
Ownership and History |
This is one of a group of photographs donated to the Staten Island 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 |
1912 |
Latest Date |
1915 |
Subjects |
Beaches Restaurants Business enterprises |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Skinner, Edwin H. |
Catalog Number |
PH01.0162 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, February 2018. |
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. |