Man and Boy with Cows, Norfolk, Connecticut
PhotographerPhotographed by
Marie Kendall
American, 1854 - 1943
Dateafter 1929
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 3/4 x 7 1/2in. (12.1 x 19.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/4 x 7 1/2in. (12.1 x 19.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 1/4 x 8 1/2in. (13.3 x 21.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/4 x 7 1/2in. (12.1 x 19.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 1/4 x 8 1/2in. (13.3 x 21.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionA man wearing a hat in the right foreground, looking at two bulls. Another figure, a younger man or child, is at the left, standing with his hand on his left thigh, also looking at the bulls. There is some kind of farm structure in the field behind the two figures, possibly a small grain silo. Several buildings are visible in the near background: a school, several houses and a church. A mountain is in the background.
Object number1988.101.2
InscribedVerso, top left, written in pencil: "[Norfolk, CT] [photo by Mrs. / J.C. Kendall, Norfolk]"Top right, written in ink: "School house at extreme right. - Hotel - second house on left. - Our house between / that + little Cath. church further north - Hay stack mountain in background."NotesSubject Note: The road in the background appears to be Greenwoods Road, present-day Route 44, approaching the town of Norfolk from the east. The conical mountain in the background with a tower on its summit is Haystack Mountain.
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- Women Photographers
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