Lay and Colton Families at the Beach
Dateabout 1920
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/4 x 9 1/4in. (18.4 x 23.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 7/8 x 9 7/8in. (20 x 25.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 7/8 x 9 7/8in. (20 x 25.1cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan Palmer
DescriptionMen, women, boys, and girls pose in bathing suits on a beach. Two women wear bathing caps. One man has a sweater draped around his shoulders. One elderly man has a mustache. Additional bathers are in the water at the right and on the beach in the background. Steps lead up to a building, possibly a pavilion,on a rocky point with young trees growing on it.
Object number2012.544.8
InscribedOn verso, in blue ink, "Front Row (l - r) - Marjorie Lay, Grace Lay, Muriel Lay, Betty Lay (head down) / unknown girl (sitting behind Betty), Edith Lay, Ruth Lay (head / turned), rest of seated kids probably all Colton cousins. / Back Row (l - r) - Genevieve Lay (far left), Stella & Herbert Colton (farthest right)"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Estella Lay Colton was the daughter of the Hartford photographer, Horace E. Lay. She was married to Herbert S. Colton, also of Hartford.On View
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