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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.128  © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Soci ...
Town poor farm, East Windsor or South Windsor.
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.128 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Town poor farm, East Windsor or South Windsor.

Date1880-1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 8 11/16in. (16 x 22cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2000.191.128
DescriptionSix men, four women and three children pose in front of a two-story center-chimney house with additions at the right. One man and one woman are elderly. One woman holds two young children and another woman is beside a young boy sitting on the board fence. The woman at the right is African American. One of the men is posed on top of load of hay in a wagon drawn by a horse. Notes on back: "W.E. Richardson" "Warehouse Pt." "East Windsor."
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.

Subject Note: The East Windsor town farm was not located in Warehouse Point. There were poor farms in East Windsor and South Windsor.
Status
Not on view