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DescriptionBlack-and-white copy photos, four, of views related to Stevens family estate or activities near Castle Point, Hoboken, various eras, circa 1800-1900. Varying sizes. Copy photos apparently taken by Caroline Carlson Redden in the 1970s. Reverse of all are blank. Photo 1. The Little Juliana. View of a reproduction of the 1804 steam ferry designed by John Stevens (III). Source of original image unstated and unknown. ---- http://librarycollections.stevens.edu/items/show/378 Stevens library collections text describing the image, but not dating it: Designed and built by Colonel John Stevens (III) at Hoboken, N.J. in 1804, was the first steamboat propelled by twin screws. Colonel John Stevens (III) seeking to overcome the tendency of his 1802 screw propelled steamboat to move in circles, designed two propellers, with "wings" like those of a windmill, which were designed to revolve in reverse directions, and installed them side by side in "The Little Juliana", which made her first recorded appearance in May, 1804. She was named after Colonel John's eldest daughter "Juliana." "The Little Juliana" was in existence three years before Fulton's Clermont was put in operation. ==== Photo 2: The Stevens Circular Railway. Painting by Thomas Bigelow Craig (1849-1924), no date. Source of original image unstated and unknown. ---- Similar to http://librarycollections.stevens.edu/items/show/576 which is an undated painting (watercolor?) after Craig. Marked in image at lower left: 19. ==== Photo 3: Villa Stevens. Painting, unsigned. No date. Marked in image at lower left: 18. Source of original image unstated and unknown. ---- Similar to "Villa Stevens" in Stevens Digital Collections, Item #585, http://librarycollections.stevens.edu/items/show/585 ==== Photo 4: Stevens Castle. Undated view circa 1900 or earlier of west facade. Source of original image unstated and unknown. Summer; note statuary.