Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Lin Alburger & family |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
March 26, 1893 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Posed portrait of the Alburger family in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Thomas Linton Alburger stands next to his wife, Mary, who is seated in a chair. Their children stand on either side of Mary. They are on a lawn in front of a wooden fence; a house is partially visible in the background. 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 / 525 / Lin Alburger & family / Poor light, cloudy / W.L. 10 ft / 3.30 P.M. / Inst slow / Sun. March 26th / 1893 / Germantown." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Mary Butler, a Staten Island resident and friend of photographer Alice Austen, moved to Germantown following her 1887 marriage to Thomas Linton Alburger, a merchant. They pose here with their two oldest children, Alice B., born in 1888, and Thomas Linton Jr., born in 1890. A third child, Mary P., was born in 1895. |
Earliest Date |
1893 |
Latest Date |
1890 |
Subjects |
Family Children |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Alburger, Thomas Linton Alburger, Thomas Linton, Jr. Alburger, Mary S. (Butler) Alburger, Alice B. |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5437 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, January 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. |