Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
The Butler's house & party |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
August 30, 1893 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Group photo of men, women, and children in front of a house in Lake George, New York; the house is surrounded by trees. The three men, eight women, and five children are posed around a hammock. One of the children sits in a toy wagon, next to a dog sleeping on the ground. In the background, a boy sits on the porch roof. Trude Eccleston is standing fourth from left. The photographer's initials are inscribed in the lower right corner of the negative: "E.A.A." The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Stanley / 35 / 638 / The Butler's house & party / Fair day in shade / W.L. / 2 P.M cap off & on / 60 ft / Wed. Aug 30th 1893 / Lake George." (Keywords: Posed Group, Adirondacks) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
"The Butlers" identified in the inscription are likely the family of Alice Austen's friends Alice (Butler) Parmele and Mary (Butler) Alburger. Alice Parmele is seated in the center of the group (behind the hammock, wearing a light color cap and jacket). Others in the group have not been identified, but perhaps the older man and woman at right are Alice and Mary's parents, Henry L. and Mary (Stryker) Butler. |
Earliest Date |
1893 |
Latest Date |
1893 |
Subjects |
Group portraits |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Eccleston, Gertrude Parmele, Alice (Butler) Butler, Henry L. Butler, Mary (Stryker) |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5455 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, February 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. |