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Gift of Clifford Alderman, 2008.31.1.23-.24   © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Connecticut Legislators
Gift of Clifford Alderman, 2008.31.1.23-.24 © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Connecticut Legislators

PhotographerPhotographed by Daniel S. Camp American, 1844 - 1878
PhotographerPhotographed by Richard S. DeLamater American, 1833 - 1915
PhotographerPhotographed by Kellogg Brothers 1860 - 1865
PhotographerPhotographed by Prescott & Gage American, 1861 - 1865
PhotographerPhotographed by H. J. Rodgers American, 1831 - 1905
PhotographerPhotographed by S. H. Waite American, 1832 - 1906
Date1878
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard carte-de-visite mounts, tintype on lacquered iron plate, mounted in cardboard pages in leather-covered album
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 2 3/8in. (10.2 x 6cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 2 3/8in. (10.2 x 6cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 1/8 x 2 1/2in. (10.5 x 6.4cm)
Other (album height x width x depth): 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 2 1/4in. (15.9 x 13.3 x 5.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Clifford T. Alderman
DescriptionPhotograph album containing studio portraits of men, boys, and a woman. Most men are Connecticut state senators and representatives, identified as Charles H. Briscoe (Enfield), James Gallagher (New Haven), Charles B. Andrews (Litchfield), Green [?] Kendrick (Waterbury), Thomas McManus (? Hartford), S.W. Post (Southbury), Edgar M. Warren (Plainfield), Francis A. Riordan (? Stamford), H.H. Burnham (Eastford), S.S. Wells (New Britain), W.W. Birge (Wolcottville), John E. Case (Fairhaven), John S. Kirkham (Newington), F.B. Taylor (Colchester), Seth Risley (East Hartford), E.H. Miller (East Hartland), Ambrose Pratty (? New Britain), Joseph Farnham (Canterbury), George Boardman (Bristol), Roger E. Phelps (Andover), Elihu Williams, Hubert Booth (Bristol). The other men, boys, and the woman are unidentified.
Object number2008.31.1.1-.31
InscribedMost photographs are signed by the sitter on the verso in blue or purple ink.
On verso, in pencil, accession numbers.
On View
Not on view