Views of Stafford Springs
PhotographerPhotographed by
George W. Wilcox
American, 1834 - 1891
PhotographerPhotographed by
Wilcox & Wade
American
Date1866-1875
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard mounts
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 15/16 x 3 1/8in. (7.5 x 7.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 15/16 x 3 1/8in. (7.5 x 7.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (8.6 x 17.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 15/16 x 3 1/8in. (7.5 x 7.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (8.6 x 17.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionPhotographs include a view of people standing beside a covered spring. The same spring house appears in the foreground of a second photograph, which has a hotel in the background. A man driving a pony cart may be in front of the hotel. Other photographs depict houses, churches, a factory with a stream and mill pond, a group of soldiers gathered on what appears to be a town green, and general views of the town and surrounding landscape. Part of the John S. Craig Collection.
Object number2012.536.35-.52
InscribedOn verso, lower right, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Stafford Springs developed as a resort following the American Revolution, and a large hotel was built near the site of the mineral springs, which had been known since Indian times.Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
