Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Midland Beach] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Seehusen, Ernest |
Date |
ca. 1909 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. View of men, women, and children in the water and on the beach at Midland Beach, Staten Island. Most of the people are wearing bathing suits. In the background are the buildings and the amusement rides on the boardwalk; a ferris wheel is visible in the distance at right. The large building with columns at left is the Midland Beach Casino. (Keywords: Twentieth Century, New York City) |
Print size |
4.125 x 6.5 |
Ownership and History |
Staten Island’s Midland Beach and South Beach were popular resort areas well into the twentieth century, rivaling the more famous Coney Island. The Staten Island beaches drew crowds of working- and middle-class vacationers, many of whom rented bungalows just off the beach. |
Earliest Date |
1908 |
Latest Date |
1912 |
Subjects |
Beaches Amusement rides Resorts |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Seehusen, Ernest |
Catalog Number |
PH01.0496 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, September 2015. |
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. |