Small girl with Santa Claus at Hartford Electric Light Company Christmas party in Torrington
Date1958
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (19.4 x 24.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
Credit LineGift of Northeast Utilities
DescriptionA small girl wearing a dress with a sash looks away as a man wearing a Santa Claus costume hands her a package wrapped in G. Fox wrapping paper. A pile of packages in G. Fox paper are on a table in the background. At the left, a man is handing a woman another package.
Object number1982.28.52
MarkingsOn verso, letterpress text on paper, affixed with glue, "'Santa, I like your present, but not your beard,' says Partr- / cia Voloski, daughter of Larry Voloski of Electric Operations / --Torrington. 'Merry Christmas, anyway,' says jolly Santa."InscribedOn verso, left margin, in pencil, "The girl with Santa is / Patricia Volski / father is foreman of electric / distribution in Torrington"; upper right, in pencil, "Torrington 3 x 2 1958 Xmas Parties / Illum Feb 1959 / pg 8-9"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Photograph was taken at a Christmas party for Hartford Electric Light Company employees. (Finlay 12/16/2011)On View
Not on viewRichard W. Schlott III