Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
The Ferris Wheel from Chicago University |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
July 3, 1893 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View of the Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. The photographer's initials are inscribed in the lower right corner: "COPYRIGHT 1893 E.A.A." The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Stanley / 35 / 573 / The Ferris Wheel from Chicago / University / Fine day wind / W.L. 11.45 am / 60 ft Inst / Monday July 3d 1893 / Worlds Fair / (1)." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Earliest Date |
1893 |
Latest Date |
1893 |
Subjects |
Fairs Ferris wheels |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5259 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, February 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. |