Horse-Drawn Carriage In Front of Manice Mansion

Collection: This image is from the William J. Murray Photographs Collection and is depicted in a glass plate negative, negative, print and digital image.; Image is part of the William J. Murray Photographs Collection

Date: 1900 Material: unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 4 x 5 inches (glass plate negative); 3 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Murray Identifier: aql:10702 wjm-000294 wjm-000294.tif

Description: Mrs. William J. Murray and her son William Jr. in a carriage parked in front of the William Manice mansion, a gray Tudor-Gothic building facing Hempstead Turnpike. Its builder, construction date, and early history is unknown. It was purchased about 1800 by members of the Manice family, and the property was acquired by the old Westchester Racing Association in the early 1900s. It was demolished sometime after 1956 and the site is now part of Belmont Park. See records wjm-000293 and wjm-000295 for other views of the house.

Title : Horse-Drawn Carriage In Front of Manice Mansion

Collection : aql:10431; vital:1

Creator : William J. Murray

Date : 1900

Summary/Description : Mrs. William J. Murray and her son William Jr. in a carriage parked in front of the William Manice mansion, a gray Tudor-Gothic building facing Hempstead Turnpike. Its builder, construction date, and early history is unknown. It was purchased about 1800 by members of the Manice family, and the property was acquired by the old Westchester Racing Association in the early 1900s. It was demolished sometime after 1956 and the site is now part of Belmont Park. See records wjm-000293 and wjm-000295 for other views of the house.

Subject : Belmont Park (Elmont, N.Y.); Manice, William; Mansions; Horses; Horse-drawn vehicles

Relation : This image is from the William J. Murray Photographs Collection and is depicted in a glass plate negative, negative, print and digital image.; Image is part of the William J. Murray Photographs Collection

Rights : Public domain

Coverage : Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont NY Nassau County (N.Y.)

Type : glass plate negative; black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver prints; 4 x 5 inches (glass plate negative); 3 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:10702 wjm-000294 wjm-000294.tif