Carlos French Block, Seymour, CT, 1891
MakerMade by
H. Wales Lines Company
(American, 1864 - 1983)
Date1891
MediumPhotography; albumen on paper in cardboard album covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/4 x 9 1/4in. (18.4 x 23.5cm)
Other (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 11 1/2in. (21 x 29.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Object number2015.149.1.96
DescriptionPhotograph of the Carlos French block in Seymour, Connecticut. Two story brick building. Left to right: storefronts; two sets of arched windows; tower with stone facade around doorway and pointed roof; around the corner of the building are two chimneys; storefronts. Utility pole.
NotesFrom: Biographical Directory of the United States of Congress“Carlos French (1835-1903) was a Connecticut Congressman. He was born in Humphreysville (later Seymour), Conn., August 6, 1835. He attended the common schools of Seymour and General Russell’s Military School in New Haven, Conn. He was involved in manufacturing, and invented the spiral steel car spring and the corrugated volute spring. He was a member of the State house of representatives in 1860 and again in 1868. He was president and treasurer of the Fowler Nail Co. from 1869 until his death; vice president of the H.A. Matthews Manufacturing Co.; director of the Union Horse Shoe Nail Co. of Chicago, of the Second National Bank of New Haven, of the Colonial Trust Co. of Waterbury, Conn., and of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. He was a member of the Democratic National Committee, and elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1888. He then resumed his former manufacturing pursuits and corporate connections. He died in Seymour, New Haven County, Conn., April 14, 1903, and is buried in Union Cemetery.”
Status
Not on view
