Alice Austen House Museum

It’s #CityViewSunday and we are celebrating with this December 1891 photograph of the Metropolitan Opera House at its original location at 39th street and Broadway. E. Alice Austen, Metropolitan Opera House, 1891. Collection of the Alice Austen House.

#OnThisDay in 1891 Alice was in New Jersey and she took this photograph outside of Rutgers where her Uncle Peter worked as a chemistry professor for a time. E. Alice Austen, [Rutgers College Buildings from Gate], 1891. Collection of the Alice Austen House.

It’s #InternationalMountainDay and we’re celebrating with this 1899 photograph Alice took of the view from the Catskill Mountain House. E. Alice Austen, [View of the valley below from the stairs of The Catskill Mountain House], 1899. Collection of the Alice Austen House.

This #throwbackThursday we’re throwing it back to December 1891 with this photograph Alice took of the Barge Office in Battery Park. E. Alice Austen, Barge Office New York, 1891. Collection of the Alice Austen House.

Event Change: The Nutcracker performance scheduled to take place on our lawn has moved online to a live virtual performance on Thursday, December 17 at 8pm due to performer travel restrictions. Streaming live on the Facebook & Instagram pages of Spotlight Theatre Staten Island please join in virtually Thursday December 17th at 8PM Spotlight Repertory Theatre presents ... The Nutcracker A RADIO PLAY Written by Jacques Stewart Based on E.T.A. Hoffman's story "The Nutcracker & The Mouse King" With melodies & underscoring from Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" We will miss you in person but please enjoy this wonderful free virtual Christmas play! For more information please visit SpotlightTheatreSI.org

Today is National #ChristmasCardDay! This postcard we are sharing today may not look very Christmas-y but it is a card Alice received in 1911 from a friend vacationing in Capri who picked up a postcard from the local area to wish Alice a Merry Christmas. The note reads "A Merry Christmas / and Happy New Year / from J. Salvo / [?] Hotel Molano [sic] / Anacapri 910 la 911." Do you send out holiday cards every year let us know! Capri I Faraglioni Postcard from J. Salvo to Alice Austen, December 14, 1911. Collection of the Alice Austen House.