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The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2007.53.4  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Photograph of Governor Thomas J. Meskill
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2007.53.4 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Photograph of Governor Thomas J. Meskill

SubjectPortrait of Thomas J. Meskill Jr. American, 1928 - 2007
Date1970-1974
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionBust-length studio portrait of a man wearing a suit jacket, shirt, and striped necktie.
Object number2007.53.4
InscribedOn recto, upper left, in blue ink, "To Joe Burns / with every good wish from / Tom Meskill"

On verso, lower center, in blue ink, "State of Conn 11 1/2 x 13 1/2 110 2" 111 reg gl"; lower right, in pencil, accession number
NotesSubject Note: Thomas J. Meskill (1928-2007) served as Governor of Connecticut from 1970 to 1975; Joseph B. Burns was Commissioner of Transportation, Executive Secretary, and founder of the State Lottery.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Audrey D. Brett and M. Adler Dobkin, 1999.164.52  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Soc…
    Thomas J. Meskill Jr.
    1970
    Estate of Florence S. M. Crofut, gift of Mrs. George Day, 1974.50.157, Connecticut Historical S…
    Thomas Knowlton
    Gift of Nora Oakes Howard, 2017.41.67, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
    Thomas F. Oakes
    c. 1945
    Bequest of Thomas Robbins, 1856.1.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyri…
    Reverend Thomas Robbins
    1801
    Gift of Dr. Sidney R. Kennedy, Jr., 1965.49.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyrig…
    Thomas Kimberly Brace
    Gift of Dr. Marvin B. Day, 1978.94.79, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copy…
    Thomas Mills Day
    1851
    Gift of Nora Oakes Howard, 2017.41.64, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
    Thomas F. Oakes
    c. 1945