Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Eureka Hotel and Schreiber's Hotel, South Beach, Staten Island] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
ca. 1915-1920 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print with fabric backing and a paper tab at left (appears to have been part of an album). Front view of a row of one- and two-story buildings on the boardwalk at South Beach, Staten Island, with the beach in the foreground. The building at right has signs on front "EUREKA HOTEL." and "SCHREIBER'S Hotel." An adjacent building at left has sign "SCHREIBER'S HOTEL." The building at far left has sign "GILLIES' PLEASANT VIEW." The building at far right has a restaurant sign (the name is not visible). A few men and children walk on the boardwalk. (Keywords: New York City, Early Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
4.625 x 6.625 |
Acquisition |
Gift of Edwin Skinner |
Ownership and History |
This is one of a group of photographs donated to the Historical Society in 1952 by Edwin H. Skinner, who for many years was manager of the Staten Island Beach Land Improvement Company in South Beach. |
Earliest Date |
1915 |
Latest Date |
1920 |
Subjects |
Beaches Hotels |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Skinner, Edwin H. Gillies, John D. Schreiber, Albert Schreiber, Charlotte (Mayer) |
Catalog Number |
52.012.0040 |
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. |