Elmer Clark family, East Granby.
PhotographerPhotographed by
Northern Survey Company
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 number2000.191.262
DescriptionMembers of Clark family in front of five bay wood clad Colonial house in E. Granby. Two elderly men with canes; one in jacket, vest, watch chain; the other in long jacket pinned closed, both with hats in hand. Two women, one seated in armed wood chair wearing ruffle skirted polka dot dress; the other is standing behind wood thumbback chair wearing dark skirt/jacket, jewelry at neck and hair in bangs. Two-story house has pediments over first floor windows, front and side doors. Front door has screen panel. Unusual window pane sizing within each sash. Basement hatchway on right near small structure. Barrels and possibly a metal well pump near outbuildings in rear of house. Fields behind house with fence of either stone or combination with wood rail. Inscription on back: "Elmer Clark; E. Granby, razed but partly preserved in Yale University; note ½ panes"
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.Status
Not on view
