Atwood Collins
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace L. Bundy
American, 1839 - 1918
Date1880
MediumPhotography; photographic print, on paper, on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 13/16 x 2 1/4in. (9.7 x 5.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 13/16 x 2 1/4in. (9.7 x 5.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 1/8 x 2 7/16in. (10.5 x 6.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 13/16 x 2 1/4in. (9.7 x 5.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 1/8 x 2 7/16in. (10.5 x 6.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionPortrait of a middle aged man sitting backwards in a chair. He has dark brown hair and mustache and he is wearing a dark suit.
Object number2011.63.35
InscribedOn verso, in black ink, "Atwood Collins/1880"; on lower left, in pencil, acession 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. (Ruocco, 2/25/12)On View
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