View with Broadside for Willimantic Fair
Datelate 19th-early 20th century
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 1/4 x 3 1/4in. (5.7 x 8.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 1/4 x 3 1/4in. (5.7 x 8.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 1/4 x 3 1/4in. (5.7 x 8.3cm)
Credit LineGift of Clifford T. Alderman
DescriptionA dirt road leads across a small bridge. At the right, a large broadside is posted on the side of a dilapidated wooden barn. It reads: "WILLIMANTIC / FAIR / SEP 20 21 22". Trees are in the background.
Object number2010.104.2
InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: In 1883 an agricultural fair association leased a large field from the Willimantic Linen Company. The fair continued until 1913, when the American Thread Company canceled the lease and established a park on the site for its own employees. (Finlay 2/1/2011)On View
Not on view