Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Group of officers, Trude and self at Fort] |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
November 6, 1888 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Alice Austen and Trude Eccleston pose with four men, three of them in military uniforms, on the tennis courts at Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island. Trude is seated, and Alice stands in the back row at right. Everyone in the group holds a tennis racket. Identified in the photographer's inscription as "Group of officers, Trude and self at Fort. Fine clear day. 1:20 PM, Tuesday, Nov. 6th, 1888. Carbutt High 25 blue label, Perken lense, stop 22, 1-1/2 secs". (Keywords: Self Portrait, Posed Group, New York) |
Film Size |
6.5 x 8.5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Fort Wadsworth, located on the eastern shore of Staten Island, is one of the nation's oldest military fortifications. Tennis courts were among the recreational facilities available to officers and guests. Today Fort Wadsworth is part of the National Park Service's Gateway National Recreation Area. In the book "Alice's World," Ann Novotny identifies the man wearing the polka dot tie as Wycliffe Throckmorton. |
Earliest Date |
1888 |
Latest Date |
1888 |
Subjects |
Tennis Forts & fortifications |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Eccleston, Gertrude Throckmorton, Charles Wickliffe |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6637 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, June 2013. |
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. |