Amy Tatro as a Young Girl
PhotographerPhotographed by
Dunne
PhotographerPhotographed by
Olsen Studio
(American)
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1907-1917
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper, some on cardboard mounts or postcards and one in paper folder; tintype on lacquered iron in paper folder
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 5/8 x 3 7/8in. (14.3 x 9.8cm) and smaller
Sheet (height x width): 5 5/8 x 3 7/8in. (14.3 x 9.8cm) and smaller
Mount (height x width): 9 7/8 x 7 5/8in. (25.1 x 19.4cm) and smaller
Folder (height x width; unopened): 9 5/16 x 6 1/4in. (23.7 x 15.9cm) and smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the estate of Amy Tatro
Object number2006.49.8-.19
DescriptionStudio and amateur photographs of Amy Tatro as a young girl through the age of ten. She is shown wearing dresses, ribbons, high-buttoned shoes, a short cape decorated with feathers, and an American Indian costume complete with feathered headdress. In some photographs she is shown with a doll, a violin, a dog, a flower, a young boy, and her mother, Meta Heinze Tatro.
NotesMaker Note: On verso of 2006.49.13 in lower right corner of mount is the signature of The Housh Co. of Boston. The Housh Co. is probably responsible for making the mount which this photograph is contained in.Subject Note: Amy Tatro (1906-2004) was a pioneering woman artist, who graduated from Yale in the 1930s and designed jewelry for G. Fox, posters and advertising for the Hartford Electric Light Company, and plastics for Colt Firearms. She was also active as a painter and art teacher, and traveled widely in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. She never married and spent many years caring for her ailing mother.
Most of the photos are of Amy Tatro and her parents, Alexander and Meta. Alexander Tatro was born in Canada in 1868 and immigrated to the United States in 1870. Meta Heinze was born in Sweden in 1871and moved to the United States in 1880. She came with her sister and they worked as maids for wealthy families around Hartford such as the Ponds. The Ponds House in Elizabeth Park is named after them. She married Alexander in 1900 and her daughter Amy was born in 1906. (1910 Federal Census, Hartford Courant: Sept. 12, 2004)
Status
Not on view
