Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Guy & G.A.T. on lawn at Hotel Sagamore |
Object Name |
Negative, Film |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
August 24, 1913 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original B&W film negative. Gertrude Tate and Guy Loomis sit on separate benches on the lawn outside the Sagamore Hotel in Lake George, New York. Both are reading newspapers. Guy wears a dark jacket and white or light-color pants and shoes, and a light-colored hat; he has a mustache, and is holding a cigar in his left hand. Gertrude wears a striped coat over a light-color dress; she sits on a rustic wooden bench. Other people are visible on the porch of the hotel. The corresponding Premo Film Pack paper tab has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Guy & G.A.T. on lawn at Hotel Sagamore / Sun out / in shade / Aug 24th -- / 1913 / 7 / 4 / 0 / 7 m / 12:40 p.m." (Keywords: Early Twentieth Century, Adirondacks) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
The Sagamore is a resort hotel located on an island in Lake George. The hotel opened in 1883 and is still in operation today. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
Earliest Date |
1913 |
Latest Date |
1913 |
Subjects |
Hotels Benches Reading |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Tate, Gertrude Amelia Loomis, Guy |
Catalog Number |
50.015.3357 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, January 2018. |
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. |