(Coaching) Long & Heppner, photographers

“Wyanoke Coaching Club, September 13th 1885”

Albumen print, made on the occasion of the group's journey “From Slevin's Snug Hotel, 211 and 213 Bleeker St., to Boulevard Hotel, College Point, L.I.”. Photo image 10 x 14 inches, 14-3/4 x 20 inches overall, New York: Long & Heppner, 327 East 34th Street, New York, 1885. Faint waterstain to upper corner of mount, away from photograph, else fine.

A technically superb and imposing time exposure (some movement in the tree branches overhead), showing close to a hundred elegantly-attired Club members, a handsome four-in-hand behind them, at, presumably, their destination at the end of this Sunday excursion. Not surprisingly, they appear to be a prosperous and fairly young crowd: all are men, and one holds a banjo, although the prevailing atmosphere appears to be a serious one, perhaps a result of their successful exertions. An engaging and important historic record of New York coaching in its glory days

Item #56797       Price: $750.00