About This Item

  • Title[Mansions on Staten Island shore]
  • Call NumberBRAI_0210
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryPartial view of neoclassical mansions set off by sloping lawn and iron fence; smaller house just behind fence in center of photo; unpaved road or bridal path before fence; row of bare trees on other side of fence; patches of snow on lawn and path; small section of Staten Island Harbor with sailing ship visible in far right background.
  • Date1877
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger; date from Brainerd Collection list. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectHarbors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mansions -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceStaten Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.