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Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.572, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
House and Stone Wall
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.572, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

House and Stone Wall

PhotographerPhotographed by Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr. American, 1868 - 1936
Date1900-1920
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 2 1/4 × 3 1/4in. (5.7 × 8.3cm)
Sheet (height x width ): 2 3/8 × 3 5/8in. (6 × 9.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of a one-story house sitting behind a stone wall. The house has four windows on its front side. The windows have wooden shutters, and all but one is closed. The door of the house is made of wooden planks. There is a brick chimney protruding from the middle of the roof. The ground in front of the stone wall is covered with dead grass and a few thin, dead plants. There is a large roll of barbed wire sitting in the foreground, on the left.
Object number1988.133.572
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "unidentified house with a stone / wall and a roll of barbed wire / in the yard"NotesCataloging worksheet in object file states that the photograph was possibly taken in Connecticut.
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