Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
My brother-in-law and his cat |
Object Name |
Transparency, Lantern-slide |
Photographer |
Austen, Peter Townsend |
Date |
1889 |
Collection |
Peter T. Austen Collection |
Description |
Original B&W glass lantern slide. Oswald Muller stands outdoors holding a small tabby cat. He has a beard and is wearing a hat and a checked three-piece suit. He appears to be standing on the grounds of the Austen family home in Rosebank, Staten Island. The image is seen through a circular opening in a dark paper mask that covers the lantern slide's edges; there is a clear sheet of protective glass over the image. Two paper labels with handwritten inscriptions are adhered to the glass: an oval label with red border, "N.B.C. / AUSTEN / 29," and a rectangular strip of paper, "89. My brother-in-law and / his cat." (Keywords: New York) |
Acquisition |
Gift of Phyllis Borea |
Ownership and History |
Oswald Muller (1840-1912) was a ship captain who was born in Denmark. In 1871 he married Mary Austen, sister of Peter T. Austen and aunt of Staten Island photographer Alice Austen. |
Earliest Date |
1889 |
Latest Date |
1889 |
Subjects |
Lantern slides Cats |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Muller, Oswald Otto Austen, Peter Townsend |
Catalog Number |
84.059.0020 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Great Kills Woman's Club, July 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. |