Views of the Rectory School, Hamden
PhotographerPossibly photographed by
Charles W. Everest
American, 1814 - 1877
Dateabout 1865
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard mounts
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 x 3in. (7.6 x 7.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 x 3in. (7.6 x 7.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 1/8 x 6 5/8in. (7.9 x 16.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 x 3in. (7.6 x 7.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 1/8 x 6 5/8in. (7.9 x 16.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionPhotographs of the Rectory School in Hamden, Connecticut, include several views of the school house, some taken in winter with snow on the ground and trees, a group of teachers, a group of boys going to dinner, boys practicing bayonet drill, boys at the skating pond and boathouse, and boys fishing at the grove.
Part of the John S. Craig Collection.
Part of the John S. Craig Collection.
Object number2012.536.60-.68
InscribedPhotographs have captions on recto, lower left, printed inn black ink.On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesConstituent Note: C.W. Everest's name appears in the imprint on the back of the photographs as if he were the photographer, but the imprint may simply be meant to indicate that he was rector of the school. There is no evidence that he was a photographer.
Subject Note: The Rectory School, a military boarding school located in Hamden, Connecticut, was founded in 1843 by the Revereent C.W. Everest. The school prospered from the 1840s through the 1860s. It was revived in the 1880s by the Reverend Everest's two sons.
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