Peekamoose Hunting Club photograph album, ca. 1873

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

The Peekamoose Hunting Club photograph album (25 x 34 cm) contains 41 albumen prints of scenic views and individuals at the Peekamooe Hunting Club in the Catskill Mountains, New York.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Jakob Dopp

Background

Scope and Content:

The Peekamoose Hunting Club photograph album (25 x 34 cm) contains 41 albumen prints of scenic views and individuals at the Peekamooe Hunting Club in the Catskill Mountains, New York. Views include the hunting lodge in winter, waterfalls, mountain scenery, and club members and families. Men, women and children are shown canoeing, fishing, reading, and eating on the lodge veranda. Photographic portraits of 5 club members include John Rogers Hegeman, president of Metropolitan Insurance Company, and a man posing with a falcon perched on his hand. Additional photographs show outdoor excursions in the Badlands, Rocky Mountains, Gulf of Mexico, Florida and the Miramichi River (New Brunswick). Affixed to inside back cover is a photograph of a pencil drawing of a man riding a galloping horse with caption "All farewells should be sudden," Indian [T?]y, 1873.

The album has black cloth boards and is partially disbound. Lacking front cover. Stored in an upright gray Hollinger box.

Acquisition Information:

2005. F-780 .

Rules or Conventions:

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

Subjects

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Subjects:

Photographs shelf.
Canoeing--New York (State)--1870-1880.
Falconry--New York (State)--1870-1880.
Fishing--New York (State)--1870-1880.
Hunting & fishing clubs--New York (State)--1870-1880.
Leisure--New York (State)--1870-1880.
Mountains--New York (State)--1870-1880.
Vacations--New York (State)--1870-1880.

Formats:

Albumen prints.
Photograph albums.

Places:

Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)