Atwood Collins and Josephine Collins Tilney
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Date1914
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 1/16 x 2 1/4in. (10.3 x 5.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/8 x 2 5/16in. (10.5 x 5.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/8 x 2 5/16in. (10.5 x 5.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionAn elderly man wearing a hat, jacket, vest, and pants is sitting on steps with his arm around a young girl standing on his left. She is wearing a short dress and has a bow in her hair
Object number2011.63.147
MarkingsOn verso, stamped in blue ink, "E 57"InscribedOn verso, in pencil, "1914 / Atwood Collins / with Josephine/Collins Tilney"; lower right, 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, 03/24/2012)Josephine Collins Tilney (1909-2002) was the daughter of Atwood Collins's son F. Starr Collins and his wife Josephine Seymour Toy Collins. (Finlay 3/24/2012)
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