Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[William and Wilhelmina Bellach] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Studio or Publisher |
Alexander & Tolman |
Date |
ca. 1890 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on beige cardboard mount. Front view of a two-story clapboard house with a front porch. A man stands in the foreground at left, holding the bridles of two horses. A woman stands close to the house. Both people look toward the camera. There is a wooden barrel on the ground to the right of the house, and planters with flowers on the railing of the stairs leading to the porch. The house looks weathered, with damaged gutters and several baluster spindles missing from the stair and porch railing. Printed inscription on the reverse of the mount: "ALEXANDER & TOLMAN, / 1780-10TH AVE., COR. 102ND ST., N.Y." Handwritten inscription on the reverse of the mount: "William Bellach & wife Wilhe[rest is cut off] / Richmond Rd Dongan H[rest is cut off]." (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
4.5 x 7.5 |
Acquisition |
Collection of Staten Island Historical Society |
Ownership and History |
William Bellach, a farmer, immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1863 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1880. He and his wife Wilhelmina had six children. |
Earliest Date |
1885 |
Latest Date |
1900 |
Subjects |
Houses Horses |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Bellach, William |
Catalog Number |
PH01.2080 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, September 2018. |
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. |