Summer 1894 Snapshot Album, 1894

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

The Summer 1894 snapshot album contains 68 outdoor photographs of various scenes including a militia camp, a lake, Central Park, and a sawmill under construction.

Extent:

68 photographs in 1 album

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Jakob Dopp, June 2024

Background

Scope and Content:

The Summer 1894 snapshot album contains 68 outdoor photographs of various scenes including a militia camp, a lake, Central Park, and a sawmill under construction.

The album (18 x 26.5 cm) is lacking covers but the spine remains partially intact. Images of note include views of a militia camp showing men in uniform relaxing and completing drills, the Bethesda Fountain and the John Quincy Adams Ward Seventh Regiment National Guard, State of New York Memorial in Central Park, men in a store selling hosiery, a group of people in front of a series of changing rooms on a dock, the construction of a sawmill, and a trip in the summer of 1894 to an unidentified lake.

Acquisition Information:

Purchased from George S. MacManus, April 1995. F-235 .

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Photographs shelf.
Houses--United States--1890-1900.
Militias--United States--1890-1900.
Military facilities--United States--1890-1900.
Travel--United States--1890-1900.
Vacations--United States--1890-1900.

Formats:

Albumen prints.
Landscape photographs.
Photograph albums.
Portrait photographs.
Snapshots.

Places:

Central Park (New York, N.Y.)