View Towards the Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach
PhotographerPhotographed by
Harriet V. S. Thorne
American, 1843 - 1926
Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on film
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 3/4 x 6 1/2in. (12.1 x 16.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 x 7in. (12.7 x 17.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 x 7in. (12.7 x 17.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation
DescriptionThis is the first Breakers Hotel, which burned in 1903; the Beach Casino is to the right. The photograph was taken from the Royal Poinciana Hotel; service buildings are in the foreground, and the Royal Casino is on the right. To the left are the cottages on what is known as "Breakers Row."
From the caption in the exhibition list for "The Photographs of Harriet V.S. Thorne," written by Rollie McKenna.
From the caption in the exhibition list for "The Photographs of Harriet V.S. Thorne," written by Rollie McKenna.
Object number2011.344.168
MarkingsOn a PrintFile negative preserver in black ink: "Rollie McKenna / [ASSIGNMENT] H.Thorne Collection [NO.] 15 + 16"InscribedRecto: "16" in black ink in bottom left cornerCollections
- Women Photographers
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