Lot of 3 Burr McIntosh Original Photo West 33rd St New York c1900 Austen Fox WOW

Description

Stunning Lot of 3 ORIGINAL Large Cabinet Card Photos combines two famous people of Photographer, Publisher, Lecturer, Actor and more Burr McIntosh (1862-1942) of exterior and two interior photos of residence of New York Attorney Austen G. Fox (1849-1937), located at 45 West 33rd St., circa 1900.  Fox was about at the height of his popularity by turn of century and probably much more known than McIntosh (at this point).  And being quite wealthy Fox likely spared no expense to hire the talented McIntosh do his thing.  And McIntosh delivered the photos are just outstanding.  Beyond insight into the lavish, museum like home of a wealthy resident, the exterior photo is a piece of art with the lighting and windows all draped in white to offset against the adjacent residences.  The interior photos are crystal clear and reveal the beautiful collection of art, statuary, furniture, photos, and more with a roaring fireplace backdrop.  The Fox's owned the property for several decades until being sold in 1946 around the time their only son passed.   Each Card measures approx. 14x11" overall with McIntosh Studio stamp lower left.  Backs are blank.  Conditions are very good the cards have some minor foxing and scuffs but photos are very good.   Watermarks for listing purposes only.  These will ship fast and FREE signature required.   Outside U.S. additional fees may apply which we do not control.  Due to historical and photographic nature the items are NON-RETURNABLE unless not as described.  So, please ask questions beforehand.   We try our best and please follow our store we focus on rare and unique.
About McIntosh:
'Actor, film studio executive, radio personality, professional caliber pool player, magazine publisher, lecturer, and photographer, William Burr McIntosh was born in Wellsville, Ohio, educated in Lafayette College and Princeton (where he was the U.S. sprint champion and star catcher on the varsity nine), and worked briefly as a reporter for The Philadelphia News. His theatrical career began in 1885, premiering in Bartley Campbell's "Pacquita" in New York City. He quickly became an international star, spending part of each season in London. On Broadway he made a specialty of western and frontier roles in plays by Augustus Thomas. His most memorable creation as an actor was Taffy in the hit, "Trilby." In the 1890s, he became fascinated with photography. He convinced the editors at Frank Leslie's Weekly to let him go to Cuba and cover the siege of Santiago in 1898 as a camera-wielding journalist. He became a popular public lecturer in the wake of the Cuban adventure, stirring controversy by deriding the valor of Col. Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. As part of his lectures he projected photographs he took during the expedition. Their popularity stimulated McIntosh's second career as a photographer. In 1900, he displayed a set of portraits of actresses at Veerhoff Galleries in Washington, D.C. to great praise. He left the Broadway stage in 1901 and founded in late 1902, Burr McIntosh Monthly magazine, a lavishly illustrated periodical in the arts & crafts mold. His photographic career lasted twelve years, ending when he closed his New York Studio on W. 33rd Street and suspended publication of his magazine in 1910, shortly after the financial backer, William Annis, was gunned down by a jealous husband. McIntosh subsequently moved to California to open a film studio/artists colony, and while his career as a film mogul was short-lived, he became a significant character actor in the silent cinema. During World War I and the 1920s he lectured and broadcast optimistic pep talks, characterizing himself as "The Cheerful Philosopher," until he went bankrupt from "altruism" in August 1923. During the 1930s he devoted himself to charitable causes, particularly collecting toys for poor families. His photographs, including many portraits of theatrical colleagues, are in the collection of the New York Historical Society.
(Source: Broadway.edu)
About Fox:
'Austen George Fox (September 7, 1849 – May 15, 1937) was a prominent American lawyer and philanthropist. He was the son of George Henry Fox (1824–1865) and Hannah Clarissa (née Austen) Fox (1830–1860). His younger sister, Rebecca Fox, was the wife of Dr. Benjamin Clapp Riggs, parents of Dr. Austen Fox Riggs.  A descendant of an old Quaker family, his paternal grandparents were George Shotwell Fox and Rebecca (née Leggett) Fox, herself the daughter of Thomas Leggett and Mary (née Haight) Leggett.  His paternal aunt, Anna Mott Fox, was the wife of Augustus Schell, the Collector of the Port of New York. He was educated at Rev. John O'Choule's School in Newport, Rhode Island followed by Churchill's Military Academy in Sing Sing, New York. Fox graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. degree in 1869 and from Harvard Law School with an LL.B. degree in 1871.  While at Harvard, he was a member of the Zeta Psi Fraternity. Eventually becoming the Fraternity's Phi Alpha for the 1890/1891 term. After graduating from Harvard, he was admitted to the bar in New York in 1872 and began practicing, with an office at 45 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan.  He later served as vice-president of the New York City Bar Association.  Fox was considered a leader of the New York bar for sixty years, and was a close friend and contemporary of Elihu Root (a U.S. Senator, Secretary of War and Secretary of State) and Joseph Choate (the lawyer and U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt). In October 1894, upon the retirement of Chief Justice Robert Earl, he was offered the Democratic nomination for Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, but declined.  From 1895 to 1896, he was asked by John R. Fellows to be the special assistant District Attorney in the prosecution of police officials following the Lexow Committee investigation. In 1897, he was the Citizens Union nominee for New York County District Attorney, in the so called "Low campaign", however, Democrat Asa Bird Gardiner was elected but later removed from office by then Governor Theodore Roosevelt.[17] In January 1899, Governor Roosevelt appointed Fox special counsel to assist Attorney General John C. Davies in the investigation of charges against George W. Aldridge, the former Commissioner of Public Works and Campbell W. Adams, the former State Engineer, in connection with the deepening of the Erie Canal under what became known as the "Nine Million Dollar Act." In 1901, he was a founding member of the Committee of Fifteen, which was a New York City citizens' group that lobbied for the elimination of prostitution and gambling, The Committee, which was largely unsuccessful, disbanded in 1901 (and was succeeded by the Committee of Fourteen) after evaluating the investigations and reporting to Governor Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. Fox himself participated in the raids: "Late one February evening in 1901, Austen G. Fox, prominent Wall Street lawyer and founding member of the Committee of Fifteen, arrived at the West Thirtieth Street police station in the heart of the infamous Tenderloin district with eight of his Committee colleagues. Dressed in his finest evening clothes and a silk top hat, Fox presented the desk sergeant with arrest warrants for the proprietors of eight different gambling parlors and brothels. The nine committeemen, bedecked in formal wear, each set out with a police officer to oversee the arrest of the offending parties. The arrival of Fox and his colleagues in the Tenderloin, traipsing around in the opera clothes accompanied by policeman, drew the attention of the neighborhood's denizens, who followed these strange pairs on their rounds." He later served as chairman of the Committee of Nine on police problems in 1905. He also served as chairman of the Anti-Imperialistic League.  In 1913, he was the defense counsel during the impeachment trial of Democratic Governor William Sulzer, who was eventually found guilty and replaced by his Lieutenant Governor, Martin H. Glynn.'
(Source: Wikipedia)