Hartford Public High School Class of 1893, Picnic at Pine Point Grove
PhotographerPhotographed by
Arthur R. Thompson
American, active 1893
Date1893
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 7 3/4in. (10.2 x 19.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 7 3/4in. (10.2 x 19.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 1/4 x 8 1/2in. (13.3 x 21.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 7 3/4in. (10.2 x 19.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 1/4 x 8 1/2in. (13.3 x 21.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Clifford T. Alderman
DescriptionA large group of young men and women are seated in a field on the shore of a lake. All wear hats or caps. Two boys are holding a sign that reads: "HPHS '93". A dock, a gazebo, a motor launch and what appears to be a picnic pavilion are in the background.
Object number2011.492.10
InscribedOn verso, right margin, in black ink, "Picnic at Pine Point Grove / 92. / Class of '93"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Pine Point Grove in Enfield was a popular picnic spot in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (Finlay 2/7/2012)On View
Not on view
