A Button Ball Tree Located on the Bank of the Connecticut River Between State and Ferry Streets, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Frederick S. Brown
1822 - 1892
Date1890
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 22 x 18in. (55.9 x 45.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 22 x 18in. (55.9 x 45.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 27 1/2 x 20in. (69.9 x 50.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 22 x 18in. (55.9 x 45.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 27 1/2 x 20in. (69.9 x 50.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Howard Morse
DescriptionThree men in work clothes stand beneath a large Sycamore tree. A frame building with a stone foundation is immediately behind the tree. A board fence or shed is at the right. The Connecticut River is visible in the background.
Object number1939.16.11
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in black ink, "539"; in pencil and black ink, "A Button Ball tree located on the bank of the Connecticut Rier between State and Ferry Streets, which is at this time (1890) probably one of the oldest trees in Hartford. I have known the tree for over sixty years. In passing it one day ten or more years ago, a wood chopper had just cut off a large branch. In reply to my question, he said he was cutting the tree down by permission of the Valley Rail Road Co. I immediately called on them and represented the extreme old age of the tree, and they sent out and countermanded the permission they had given."; in pencil, "#261"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberOn View
Not on view
Frederick S. Brown
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Frederick S. Brown
1886
Frederick S. Brown
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