Fishing for Shad at Middletown
Date1962
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 x 9in. (17.8 x 22.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
Credit LineGift of Northeast Utilities
DescriptionThree men holding fishing rods with reels stand on a rocky beach beside a river. All three wear shirts and slacks. The man in the foreground is wearing eyeglasses, a baseball cap, and a wrist watch. The man in the back is casting.
Object number1982.28.56
InscribedOn verso, lower left, in pencil, "Herbert Spencer / Robert Langer / Al Henderson / fishing Conn. river at Middletown / Illum. May 1962 p. 2-3"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: According to a note on the back, this photograph appeared in The Illuminator, the Hartford Electric Light Company house magazine, in May 1962. (Finlay 4/4/2012)On View
Not on view