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Gift of John Gambell, 2005.181.82  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Edwin Stanley Welles and Family
Gift of John Gambell, 2005.181.82 © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Edwin Stanley Welles and Family

PhotographerPhotographed by Horace L. Bundy American, 1839 - 1918
PhotographerPhotographed by Richard S. DeLamater American, 1833 - 1915
PhotographerPhotographed by F. M. Johnson American
Date1886-1903
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper, some on cardboard mounts
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 13/16in. (14 x 9.7cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 13/16in. (14 x 9.7cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width): 8 x 6in. (20.3 x 15.2cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Gambell
DescriptionFormal and informal portraits of Edwin Stanley Welles, Mary Crowell Welles, and their family. Most portraits include a young man with eyeglasses; older portraits show him with a mustache. Two photographs were taken outdoors, one on the porch of a frame house, the other on the porch of a brick house. People wear winter clothing in one of the photographs. A dog is included in one of the photographs.
Object number2005.181.78-.82
Inscribed2005.181.78: On verso, upper right, in black ink, "E.S. Welles / H.P.H.S. '86"
2005.181.79: On verso, in pencil, "L to R / E. Stanley Welles / Mary Crowell Welles / Roger Welles III [or IV] / Mercy D. Welles / Leonard Aiken Beadle / Martin Welles / Grace Welles Beadle / Lemuel Aiken Welles / about 1900 / side porch, brick house"
2005.181.80: On verso, in pencil, "Mary Crowell Welles"
2005.181.81: On verso, upper left, in pencil, "L-R / Mary C. Welles / Grace M. Welles / Edwin Stanley Welles"
2005.181.82: On verso, in black ink, "Edwin Stanley Welles, / Taken April Fools Day, / 1903"
All photographs, on verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
NotesSubject Note: 2005.181.78 is Edwin Stanley Welles Hartford Public High School graduation photograph. 2005.181.79 was taken on the porch of the Martin Welles homestead in Newington, Connecticut. (Finlay 12/8/2009)
On View
Not on view
Gift of John Gambell, 20053181.72  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Baumann Studio
early 20th century
Gift of John Gambell, 2005.181.43  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard S. DeLamater
1889-1904
Gift of John Gambell, 2005.181.1  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard S. DeLamater
1883
Gift of John Gambell, 2005.181.53  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Fred Boissonnas
early 20th century
Gift of John Gambell, 2005.181.75  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Elmer Chickering
late 19th century
Gift of John Gambell, 2005.181.60  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Fabian Bachrach
early 20th century
Gift of John Gambell, 2005.181.85  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Moreno & Lopez
about 1895
Gift of John Gambell, 2005.181.14  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Dana
early 20th century
Gift of Roger Patton Welles, 1972.8.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Rear Admiral Roger Welles
1913
Gift of Edgar Welles, 1905.1.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Gideon Welles