Frost Bolt Co.: exterior view, Marion (Southington)
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1885
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 1/2 x 8 1/4in. (14 x 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Object number2000.185.29a
DescriptionComplex of one and two-story frame industrial buildings, one with a tall smokestack. A freight elevator, raised by a block and tackle, is positioned at a second-story window. Two ox teams, one of them hitched to a two-wheeled cart, are nearby. To the left are two horse-drawn carriages. Men, most of them wearing straw hats, stand near the vehicles. A stick style house is in the left background. A picket fence surrounds a yard at right. A field or meadow with a fruit tree in it and a rail fence is at far right.
NotesSubject Note: Waterpower for operating machinery was obtained from Judd Brook. Levi B. Frost and his son Ira S. Frost operated a blacksmith shop before embarking in the bolt business in 1842. The firm, known as L.B. Frost & Son; Frost, Moss & Co., Frost & Sons; and Frost Brothers, continued manufacturing nuts and bolts until ca. 1900.Status
Not on view
