Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
A Winter Scene, Jewett Avenue, S.I. |
Object Name |
Postcard |
Photographer |
Sperr, Percy Loomis |
Studio or Publisher |
Lumitone Press |
Date |
ca. 1924-1940 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W postcard. View of a house and trees covered in snow. Printed along the bottom: "A WINTER SCENE, Jewett Avenue, S.I." The reverse side has several printed inscriptions: along the top right: "Post Card / PLACE STAMP / HERE." Printed along line down the center: "LUMITONE PRESS PHOTO-PRINT. NEW YORK - MADE IN U.S.A." (Keywords: Twentieth Century, New York City) |
Print size |
3.5 x 5.5 |
Acquisition |
Gift of Kevin Lewis in memory of Barry Leo Delaney |
Ownership and History |
This view has been identified as the James Purvis House, which was located on Jewett Avenue at the foot of Kingsley Avenue in Westerleigh, Staten Island. The house reportedly collapsed a few years after the photo was taken. The 1920 U.S. census shows brothers James and Thomas Purvis residing together with Elizabeth Purvis at 606 Jewett Avenue. |
Earliest Date |
1924 |
Latest Date |
1940 |
Subjects |
Houses Winter |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
13.004.0005 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, March 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. |