Atwood Collins
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Datebefore 1926
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on paper mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 6 3/8 x 4 3/8in. (16.2 x 11.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 1/2 x 5 1/4in. (19.1 x 13.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 x 5 11/16in. (20.3 x 14.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 1/2 x 5 1/4in. (19.1 x 13.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 x 5 11/16in. (20.3 x 14.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionFormal studio portrait of an elderly man with a mustache. He is wearing a jacket, shirt, and necktie.
Object number2011.63.141
InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession 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, 03/22/12)On View
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