Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Staten Island Bicycle Club Tea |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
June 25, 1895 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. Men and women stand in groups alongside a small building, probably the clubhouse of the Staten Island Bicycle Club in St. George, Staten Island. Several people have bicycles. A woman leans out a window on the front of the building, and several people stand in the doorway. The corresponding negative for this print has the photographer's handwritten inscription on the negative sleeve: ""Cramer / Crown / 836 / Staten Island Bicycle Club Tea / Fine day, sun / W.L. 4.50 P.M / 60 ft / Inst / Tuesday June 25th / 1895." (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
3.625 x 4.5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Photographer Alice Austen and her friend Violet Ward were the founders of the Staten Island Bicycle Club. The Staten Island Historical Society's archives contain a postcard invitation to the event seen in this photograph. The card reads "Bicycle Run, Staten Island Bicycle Club. The Staten Island Bicycle Club invites you to ride with them on Tuesday afternoon, June 25. Meet at the Staten Island Bicycle Club at St. George at 4.30 o'clock. The start will be made at 5 o'clock, to wheel for an hour and return to the club to the bicycle tea, a notice of which has been sent to you." The Committee members listed on the card include Miss Alice Austen and Miss Violet Ward. |
Earliest Date |
1895 |
Latest Date |
1895 |
Subjects |
Bicycles & tricycles Clubhouses Sports |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.0009 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, May 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. |