Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Photographing an automobile race] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
ca. 1908 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. Alice Austen sits on a wooden fence post; she holds a camera up to her face and looks toward the left side of the photo. Next to her are Guy Loomis and Gertrude Tate, standing next to a parked car. Guy is reading a piece of paper, and Gertrude looks toward the photographer. A small crowd of men are visible in the background, standing against the fence. At left is a road with wire fence along each side. Identified by a previous cataloger as Alice Austen photographing an automobile race on Southfield Boulevard, Staten Island. (Keywords: New York City, Early Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Earliest Date |
1908 |
Latest Date |
1910 |
Subjects |
Automobile racing |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Tate, Gertrude Amelia Loomis, Guy |
Catalog Number |
50.015.0410 |
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. |