Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Cottage on the grounds of the Anson Phelps Stokes house "Bay Villa"] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Almstaedt, Isaac |
Date |
ca. 1880 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on off-white cardboard mount. View of a small Gothic Style building on the grounds of the Anson Phelps Stokes house "Bay Villa" in New Brighton, Staten Island. The building is surrounded by trees and shrubbery, and the front is decorated with garlands. The purpose of the building is not known (perhaps a caretaker's residence). Printed inscription on the front of the mount along the right edge of the photograph: "ALMSTAEDT, PHOTO. TOMPKINSVILLE, S.I." Printed inscription on the reverse of the mount: "ALMSTAEDT / PORTRAIT & LANDSCAPE / PHOTOGRAPHER / TOMPKINSVILLE, S.I. / PUBLISHER OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF / Staten Island Scenery." (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
4 x 6 |
Ownership and History |
Mr. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes and their children lived part of the year in "Bay Villa" from 1868 to 1886. |
Earliest Date |
1880 |
Latest Date |
1886 |
Subjects |
Houses |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Stokes, Anson Phelps |
Catalog Number |
PH01.0466 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, December 2014. |
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. |