Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Our party in stern of Wabun guns |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
October 19, 1892 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View of the yacht Wabun in the Delaware and Raritan Canal, New Jersey. Ralph Munroe is seated at left, and Nellie (Munroe) Austen at right; Ralph Munroe holds the ship's wheel. The man in the center is Thomas Quincy Browne Jr.; he wears a sweater with the letter "H" on the chest. He holds a rifle and wears a pistol on his hip. A furled sail is above their heads. The photographer's initials are inscribed in the lower right corner of the negative: "E.A.A." The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Stanley / 35 / No. 447 / Our party in stern of Wabun / guns / Fair day / W.L. / 10.45 am / 10 ft / Wed Oct 19th / 1892 / Canal Trip." (Keywords: New Jersey) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
In October 1892, Alice Austen took a trip on the yacht "Wabun" with her aunt, Nellie (Munroe) Austen, and Nellie's brother, Ralph Munroe. The other man in this photo is Thomas Quincy Browne Jr., who graduated from Harvard in 1888. The group departed from New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Alice and Nellie sailed as far as Annapolis, Maryland. Their journey took them through the Delaware and Raritan Canal, the Delaware River, the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and the Chesapeake Bay. After Alice and Nellie departed the trip in Annapolis, Ralph Munroe and Thomas Quincy Browne Jr. continued on to Biscayne Bay, Florida. Ralph Munroe was a noted yacht designer; the "Wabun," launched in 1892, was one of the more than 40 sailing vessels he designed. His autobiography, "The Commodore's Story," was published in 1930. |
Earliest Date |
1892 |
Latest Date |
1892 |
Subjects |
Yachts |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Munroe, Ralph Middleton Austen, Nellie (Munroe) Browne, Thomas Quincy, Jr. |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6197 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, June 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. |