Man Standing at Sunset Rock

Photograph

Picnooga

2020.001.001 Recto

Black and white tintype of a man in a bowler hat on top of Sunset Rock

Name/Title

Man Standing at Sunset Rock

Entry/Object ID

2020.001.001

Description

A black and white photograph of a man on Sunset Rock developed on a piece of thin iron. The mustachioed man is wearing a three piece suit with a bowler hat and holding an umbrella. The man is standing near the edge of Sunset Rock on the west brow of Lookout Mountain. In the distance, you can see the Point Hotel, under Point Lookout, Moccasin Bend, and Cameron Hill. The image is a reversed image on tin and attributed to the photographer, J. H. Gaston, one of the few photographers who had a license to develop on tin type in Chattanooga.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Tintype

Subject Person or Organization

Unidentified

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Sunset Rock, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

Collection

Lookout Mountain Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

J. H. Gaston

Attribution

Attributed to

Studio

Lookout Mountain Photography Studio

Date made

circa 1890 - circa 1900

Time Period

19th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Sunset Rock, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

Copyright

Type of License

No Copyright - United States

Restrictions

Credit Chattanooga Historical Society Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only