Twelve Cousins on the Steps of 1054 Asylum Avenue, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1894
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper, on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 5/8 x 7 5/8in. (11.7 x 19.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 1/16 x 9 15/16in. (17.9 x 25.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 1/16 x 9 15/16in. (17.9 x 25.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionTwelve young children are seated on the steps of a large house. The girls wear dresses and high-buttoned shoes. The boys wear short pants. Potted plants are at left and right. Rocking chairs are on the porch in the background. French doors and windows have Venetian blinds.
Object number2011.63.39
InscribedOn recto, in black ink, "This picture was taken in May 1894/all the little Collins cousins were/present excepting Emily B. Collins,/who for a trifling reason was absent./Place [?] Mrs. F G. P[---]/1064 Asylum/Hartford"; in blue ink, "left to right/Top row/Edmund G. Howe. Elinor B. Collins (Mrs. Spencer T Mitchell)/ Rita Howe (Mrs. Clement Scott), Ethel Dunham-doctor/Austin Dunham, Bessie Dunham, &/ F. Starr Collins/2nd row/Ruth Collins (Mrs. Morgan G Bulleley jr.)/Sally Dunham (Mrs. John Rowley,/ Frances Dunham (Mrs. Stillman Westbrook)/Marion Collins (Mrs. Matthew G. Ely)/Marjorie Howe (Mrs. Maynard Hazer); lower right, in pencil, acession numberOn View
Not on view
Artvue Post Card Co.
mid 20th century
