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Metadata
Title |
[High Falls Hotel] |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
ca. 1890-1900 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Front view of a building, seen from across an unpaved road. The building has a porch with columns, and a balcony above the porch. Two signs hang above the door: "HIGH FALLS HOTEL" and "DR. P.F. FULMER." A horse-drawn carriage (a Side Bar Runabout) is stopped in front of the hotel. Alice Austen (left) and another woman are seated in the carriage, and a man stands next to the horse, holding the bridle. |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Dr. Philip H. Fulmer was the proprietor of the High Falls Hotel near Dingman's Ferry, Pennsylvania. A description of the hotel in a book published in 1900 noted that it had 93 rooms to accommodate 200 people, and its 200-acre farm supplied "all the choicest delicacies of the season for the table." Dr. Fulmer's death was reported in the Richmond County Advance on May 3, 1902. The article noted that "he was well known and highly esteemed by many Staten Islanders, who found his place a very agreeable summer resort." |
Earliest Date |
1890 |
Latest Date |
1900 |
Subjects |
Hotels Carriages & coaches |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.7322 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, May 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. |