The Ledyard Elm, Arch Street, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Frederick S. Brown
1822 - 1892
Date1885-1890
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 x 27 1/2in. (50.8 x 69.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 x 27 1/2in. (50.8 x 69.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Howard Morse
DescriptionA large leafy elm tree is located beside a dirt street lined with picket fences and frame and brick buildings. Boxes and barrels are piled behind the tree near a building with a sign that reads "IRON RAILING". Two or three boys stand on a sidewalk at the right near a gas street light.
Object number1939.16.1
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in black ink, "539"; in pencil and black ink, "This tree has always been known as the Ledyard Elm on Arch Street"; in pencil, "#249"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberOn View
Not on view
Frederick S. Brown
1885
Frederick S. Brown
1886
