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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.177.47  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Socie…
Men Watching a Farrier at Work
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.177.47 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Men Watching a Farrier at Work

PhotographerPhotographed by Marie Kendall American, 1854 - 1943
Dateabout 1920
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver printing-out paper on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/2 x 6 11/16in. (11.4 x 17cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 x 6 11/16in. (11.4 x 17cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 3/16 x 7 7/16in. (13.2 x 18.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA farrier (blacksmith) is shoeing a white horse while another man holds the horse's head. Two men are standing to the right, one of them wearing an apron and standing by an anvil, the other holding a hammer while he looks on. They are in a blacksmith's shop. Horseshoes hanging from the exposed rafters.
Object number2000.177.47
MarkingsVerso, upper right, stamped in blue ink: "COPY NEG. MADE"

Bottom, printed in black: "DUPLICATES CAN BE HAD BY ADDRESSING AS ABOVE."
InscribedVerso, top left, in blue ink: "64840"

Top right, in blue ink: "30 - [illegible]"

Top right, in pencil: "neg. # 510"

Top right, in pencil: "6 [circled]"

Center left, in pencil: "Lib. has no / Norfolk directory"

Bottom right, in pencil: "X.2000.15.47"
Collections
  • Women Photographers
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Marie Kendall
after 1889
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Dorothy J. Anderson
1980
N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.42, Connecticut Museum o…
Louis Grosvernor Frink
1947
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.93.77  © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
H. P. Foote
late 19th-early 20th century
N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.41, Connecticut Museum o…
Louis Grosvernor Frink
1947
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.964  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical …
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1894
Museum purchase, 1974.31.1.100  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
about 1885
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.1018  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical…
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900