F. Brainard family, probably East Haddam.
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 number2000.191.430
DescriptionThree men, two women, three girls and a horse in front of two-story clapboard five-bay Federal style house with louvered shutters and front porch with round columns. Two of the men sit in horse-drawn carriage. One man has a mustache. The woman on the right is holding a sheet of [paper?]. One girl wears a buttoned jacket. Quarried stone retaining wall in front with double height banister fence and large fence posts. Large trees either side of house. A bench and hammock are in the side yard on the left.
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company. Subject Note: Possibly the Frank W. Brainard who was an auctioneer in East Haddam in 1886.
Status
Not on view
