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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2009.62.4 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Katharine Hepburn seated on the beach at Fenwick
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2009.62.4 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Katharine Hepburn seated on the beach at Fenwick

Date1938
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 1/4 x 3 1/8in. (13.3 x 7.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 3/4 x 3 5/8in. (14.6 x 9.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionKatharine Hepburn is wearing a scarf, sweater, and slacks while seated on a beach strewn with rubble. The rubble is probably from hurricane damage to the Hepburn house during the Hurricane of 1938. A shovel is in the foreground. An automobile is in the background.
Object number2009.62.4
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pencil, "No. 103 / 1/4"; lower left, in pencil, "neg #1712"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: The Hepburn house on Fenwick Point was destroyed by the Hurricane of 1938.
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