Glass Plate Negative of The Reefs

c. 1890 - 1895

Glass plate negative showing the garden facade of The Reefs, located at Bellevue Avenue and Bancroft Avenue. Built for Christopher Wolfe, by architect Joseph Wells, it was later home to Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and her descendants. The home was demolished in 1942.

American

glass

gelatin silver

8" X 10"

Purchased by The Preservation Society of Newport County, from Ms. Kathy Deveau, 2012

PSNCA.H.016.142

Related to PSNCA.H.016.71;