Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Mrs Snively & dogs |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
August 28, 1890 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Eliza M. Snively is seated on the ground with two children and two dogs in Bennington, Vermont. The group sits on a lawn under a tree. Part of a house is visible at right; a small building is partially visible behind the trees at left. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "A&R / 40 / 68 / Mrs Snively & dogs / 5.30 p.m 15 ft / D. / Thurs. Aug 28th 1890 / Bennington Vt." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Eliza M. Snively and her husband, Rev. Thaddeus A. Snively, were the subject of several newspaper articles in the early 1890s. They separated in June 1891, and in October 1892 she filed for divorce "on the ground of intolerable severity" and requested permanent custody of their two sons. One of the articles noted "Mr. and Mrs. Snively have had their summer residence at Bennington for a number of years, and she is now living at that place." |
Earliest Date |
1890 |
Latest Date |
1890 |
Subjects |
Children Dogs |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Snively, Eliza M. |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5495 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, April 2019. |
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. |