A. W. Kibbe family, Tolland County.
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 number2000.191.453
DescriptionFive men in suits and girl in apron at stone wall in front of three-story clapboard Victorian Stick style house. The house has gables, dormers, eave decoration and porches and is painted in contrasting colors. There is a round window at the front second story with stained or art glass and a second story balcony with pediment roof and fishscale shingles. Awning style louvered shutters divide vertically and horizontally. There is a large tree in front yard with birdhouse or birdfeeder propped in branches. At right background are barns. At left background is barn, rail fence and small A-framed building (possibly a dog house). Between barn and rear of house is large trellis. There appears to fruit trees behind the barn. Inscription on back: "A. W. Kibbe" "got a lot" "Broodhook [i.e. Broadbrook] / Ellington / Scitico / Windsorville / Rockville / route"
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.Status
Not on view
