Julius S. Cowles family, Farmington.
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
DescriptionFamily on porch of two-story clapboard Georgian house with hip roof, dentil molding, two chimneys and louvered shutters. Porch is full front and right side of house and has metal roof, slender columns on high plinth base and large stylized Ionic capitals with stone block foundation and stone or concrete steps. On front porch is bearded man with cane wearing a tall hat sitting in rocking chair; two women and a girl. On side porch is woman, girl sitting on porch and boy standing in front. There is a stool on the side porch behind the woman and at the right end, a multi-tiered shelf stand. A picket fence is on the right.
Object number2000.191.442
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.
Subject Note: "Julius S. Cowles Place" later residence of Mrs. W. A. Underwood, and subsequently the Day-Lewis Museum. Located on west side of Main Street, Farmington.On View
Not on view
William T. Marchant
1925
