W. C. Hodge family, Rainbow (Windsor).
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 number2000.191.710
DescriptionFamily in yard of two-story clapboard house with louvered shutters. Bearded man sits on folding stool with book in lap and hat on ground. Boy sits in chair. Girl in rocking chair with needlework in lap and bowl with fabric in it on ground at her left. Women standing next to girl in rocking chair. Woman holding lace edged fabric sitting in rocking chair. Girl in fabric and wood folding chair. Front of house has bay window. Behind people are one-story side ells of house; on right facing front yard is porch with fluted columns and fan window in gable. Behind it is glass enclosed porch with watering can on step. Outbuilding at rear.On left behind seated man is a garden with flowering bushes and trellis. Large trees in yard behind people. Inscription on back: "W. C. Hodge" "Rainbow; S. Side of Main St. now Bassett; stands exactly as was"
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.Subject Note: Rainbow was a village in Windsor located on a curve in the Farmington River a mile northwest of Poquonnock.
Status
Not on view
Unknown
