Farmington River Watershed, Otis, Massachusetts
PhotographerPhotographed by
Henry R. Somes
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1927
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/8 x 5 1/4in. (7.9 x 13.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (8.9 x 14cm)
Mount (height x width): 10 7/8 x 8 1/2in. (27.6 x 21.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (8.9 x 14cm)
Mount (height x width): 10 7/8 x 8 1/2in. (27.6 x 21.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionPhotographs depict Lower Spectacle Pond, Big Pond, Beaver Brook and dams and an old millyard along the stream, all in the Farmington River watershed in central Massachusetts. Some photographs include dirt roads, wooden bridges, leafless trees, woods, frame houses and farm buildings, surveying equipment, automobiles, a rowboat, a witness monument or boundary marker.
Object number2010.177.56-x
InscribedAll photographs have extensive inscriptions in black ink giving the date and location and other details. Each sheet is inscribed in pencil with the accession number. Individual numbers are inscribed in pencil on the mount, to the lower right of each photograph.NotesConstituent Note: Henry R. Somes was apparently a surveyor, possibly working for the Collins Company of Collinsville, CT.
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