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Gift of Jeanine Guerette, 2004.138.60  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Photographers' Outing
Gift of Jeanine Guerette, 2004.138.60 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Photographers' Outing

Dateearly 20th century
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/2 x 6 1/2in. (11.4 x 16.5cm) Sheet (height x width): 4 3/4 x 6 3/4in. (12.1 x 17.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Jeanine Guerette
Object number2004.138.60-.61
DescriptionA group of men with cameras are on an outing in the woods. In one photograph, the men and two young boys are eating sandwiches and drinking from mugs out of doors. Some men are standing and others are seated on the ground, surrounded by cameras on tripods. Leafless trees and a ramshackle wooden building are in the background. The same building appears in the other photograph, which also includes other buildings a bridge, a large pile of logs, a horse-drawn wagon, and laundry hanging on a clothesline. Men with cameras on tripods stand on the bridge.
NotesSubject Note: Photograph is from a group of material relating to the Atwood family who had a summer home in Branford. (Finlay 4/12/2014)
Status
Not on view