Atwood Collins
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Datebefore 1926
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 9 7/8 x 8in. (25.1 x 20.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionBust-lenth portrait of an elderly man with white hair and a white mustache. He is wearing a dark suit, shirt, and necktie.
Object number2011.63.24
MarkingsOn verso of old backing, on gummed labels, printed in black ink, "CURTIS H. MOYER/PICTURES AND FRAMES/105 PRATT ST./HARTFORD.--CONN."; "Mrs. J. Hamilton Scranton/1010 Asylum Avenue/Hartford, Connecticut"InscribedOn recto, lower right, in pencil, accesion numberNotesSubject Note: Atwood Collins, the eldest son of Erastus Collins, was born in Hartford in 1851. He graduated from Hartford High School and from Yale College in 1873. He worked in the family dry goods business for a few years, then went to Columbia Law School and was admited to the Hartford Bar in 1880. He left practice the same year and began dealing in stocks and bonds. He was associated with the Security Trust of Hartford and many other financial institutions, including the Hartford National Bank & Trust Company, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, Hartford Steam Boiler, Hartford Electric Light, Society for Savings, and Aetna Fire Insurance Company. He died in 1926. (Finlay 7/2/2011)Constituent Note: An owner's label on the back of old frame indicated that the photograph formerly belonged to Mrs. J. Hamilton Scranton (Emily C. Scranton) of 1010 Asylum Avenue, Hartford. (Finlay 2/17/2012)
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