Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Uncle Petes dining room |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
June 7, 1894 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Interior view of the dining room in the home of Peter and Nellie Austen on President Street in Brooklyn, New York. Furnishings include a dining room with a dining table, five chairs, and what appears to be a rug used as a tablecloth. A sideboard at right holds metal and ceramic serving pieces. A display case on the back wall holds glassware. There is a framed photo of Clear Comfort, the Austen family home, above the sideboard. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Stanley / 35 / 718 / Uncle Petes dining room / Good light / counted / 55 / 2 secs for window / D. / 30 ft / 9.10 am / Thursday June 7th 1894 / 876 President St / Brooklyn." (Keywords: New York) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
In 1893, Peter Townsend Austen, uncle of photographer Alice Austen, moved with his family to Brooklyn after accepting a position as Professor of Chemistry at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. |
Earliest Date |
1894 |
Latest Date |
1894 |
Subjects |
Interiors Dining rooms Houses |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Austen, Peter Townsend Austen, Nellie (Munroe) |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5210 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, February 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. |