View from Back Window of Amanda Benjamin Hall Home, Facing the River
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1941
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 3/16 x 4in. (5.6 x 10.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/16 x 4 1/2in. (8.1 x 11.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/16 x 4 1/2in. (8.1 x 11.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Harleigh Knott
DescriptionElevated view looking down at a snow covered yard. Leaveless bushes in foreground. A two-story wood frame house in the background. Several leaveless trees and other buildings visible. A river is visible in the distance.
Object number2002.39.2
MarkingsOn verso, a seal stamped in green ink: "CERTIFIED / MASTER PHOTO FINISHERS OF AMERICA" "REG. U. S. PAT OFF. / FEB 20 1941" In center of stamp a fountain with "fountain / ...". At top edge, upside down, in stamped in black ink: "195"InscribedOn verso, at top, in pencil: "From back windows / facing river"NotesSubject Note: Probably taken from windows of house in 2002.39.1 on Montauk Avenue in New London. Possibly the Thames River in the background.Amanda Benjamin Hall Brownell of New London, Connecticut, was an author and poet, who published under her maiden name, Amanda Benjamin Hall.
On View
Not on viewThomas F. Oakes
1936
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
early 20th century