Photographs Tatro Family
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1940-1960
MediumPhotography; Silver gelatin prints on paper, one in cardboard mat
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/8 x 10in. (20.7 x 25.4cm) and smaller
Sheet (height x width): 8 1/4 x 10 1/2in. (21 x 26.7cm)
Other (frame height x width x depth): 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 1/8in. (21 x 26.7 x 0.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 1/4 x 10 1/2in. (21 x 26.7cm)
Other (frame height x width x depth): 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 1/8in. (21 x 26.7 x 0.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the estate of Amy Tatro
DescriptionThe photographs show Meta Heinze and Alexander Tatro in their old age. Most are snapshots or amateur photographs. Meta and Alexander are shown in a boat, and sitting next to a fireplace. A group photograph possibly includes Amy Tatro as well. All of the women are wearing dresses.
Object number2006.49.108-.112
Markings2006.49.112 is inscribed in pencil, "A candid by Gordon Essex, '54."InscribedOn verso, several photographs have inscriptions in pencil identifying Meta Heinze; lower right, in pencil, accession numbersNotesSubject Note: Alexander Tatro was born in Canada in 1868 and immigrated to the United States in 1870. Meta Heinze was born in Sweden in 1871and moved to the United States in 1880. She came with her sister and they worked as maids for wealthy families around Hartford such as the Ponds. The Ponds House in Elizabeth Park is named after them. She married Alexander in 1900 and her daughter Amy was born in 1906. (1910 Federal Census, Hartford Courant: Sept. 12, 2004)Subject Terms
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