Museum purchase, 1987.32.3 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Hillhurst, Norfolk

PhotographerPhotographed by Marie Kendall American, 1854 - 1943

Dateabout 1900

MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 9/16 x 7 9/16in. (11.6 x 19.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 9/16 x 7 9/16in. (11.6 x 19.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 3/16 x 8 7/16in. (13.2 x 21.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionThree-story frame hotel building has porches supported by brackets, dormers, windows with louvered shutters, and brick chimneys. A grassy field or lawn is in the foreground. The conical hill in the left background is Haystack Mountain.

Object number1987.32.3

MarkingsVerso, center, printed in black: "DUPLICATES CAN BE HAD BY ADDRESSING AS ABOVE."InscribedVerso, top left, written in red ink: "# '2"

Top, written in black ink: "The Hillhurst / Norfolk. Conn. ["Conn." written in pencil and probably later than the rest of the inscription]"

Top, written in pencil: "L. H. Hall"

Center, written in pencil: "8 [?]"

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