Re-enactment of First Town Meeting in Meriden
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1906
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
Dimensions16 x 21
ClassificationsGraphics
Object number1980.80.16
DescriptionGroup of men on stage dressed in seventeenth-century, eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century costumes. Some hold canes or walking sticks. Some wear top hats. Two men sit at a desk. One writes with a quill pen. Decorations include large American flags, bunting, strings of electric lights, and banners painted with portraits of men who resemble George Washington and Israel Putnam.Typewritten inscription beneath image: "Reproduction of Meriden First Town Meeting / 1806." Inscribed on back: "Reproduction of 'First Town Meeting' in Meriden, Conn., June 1806 / Meriden Centennial June 16, 1906."
Status
Not on view
1961
