Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Portrait of Eliza Hilah Lake] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Lake, John E. |
Date |
ca. 1886 |
Description |
Original B&W print on brown cardboard mount. Portrait of a girl seated on a wooden rail fence with a painted backdrop behind her. She wears a dark color dress and she holds a branch with leaves in her right hand. She appears to be about 12 years of age. Printed inscription on reverse of mount: "JOHN E. LAKE, / PHOTOGRAPHER, / PORT RICHMOND, S.I." Handwritten inscription in pen on reverse: "Eliza Lake." (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
5.5 x 3.625 |
Ownership and History |
Eliza Hilah Lake (1874-1938) was the daughter of photographer John E. Lake. |
Earliest Date |
1884 |
Latest Date |
1888 |
Subjects |
Portrait photographs Children |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Lake, Eliza Hilah |
Catalog Number |
PH01.1036 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, April 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. |