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Image Not Available for Five American Lime or Basswood Trees Located in the Village of Wethersfield
Five American Lime or Basswood Trees Located in the Village of Wethersfield
Image Not Available for Five American Lime or Basswood Trees Located in the Village of Wethersfield

Five American Lime or Basswood Trees Located in the Village of Wethersfield

Date1886
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 17 x 21 3/4in. (43.2 x 55.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 x 21 3/4in. (43.2 x 55.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 x 27 1/2in. (50.8 x 69.9cm)
Credit LineGift of John Howard Morse
DescriptionLarge trees line a dirt street. Frame houses and fences are visible behind the trees on either side of the road. The two-story house in the center has a broad front porch with vines growing on it.
Object number1939.16.15
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in black ink, "539"; in black ink, "Five American Lime or Basswood trees / located in the Village of Wethersfield in front / of the residence formerly of the Hon. silas Dean [sic] / who was a member of the continental congress in 1774 and / was sent to France as a political financial agent in 1776. / This was his home prior to these dates and the probabilities are / that the trees antedate them. They are the best specimen trees of their / kind in this locality. / Aug 8 1886 Fed. S. Brown"; lower right, in pencil, accession number.NotesSubject Note: The house with the porch is the Silas Deane house. The porch was added in the nineteenth century and has since been removed. (Finlay 9/12/2011)
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