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Image Not Available for Group Photograph of Schoolchildren at the Henry C. Dwight School
Group Photograph of Schoolchildren at the Henry C. Dwight School
Image Not Available for Group Photograph of Schoolchildren at the Henry C. Dwight School

Group Photograph of Schoolchildren at the Henry C. Dwight School

Date1920
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 6in. (10.2 x 15.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 6in. (10.2 x 15.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 x 9in. (17.8 x 22.9cm)
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Abbe
DescriptionBoys and girls are seated at desks in the interior of a school room. Most children have their hands clasped in front of them. An American flag hangs on the wall.
Object number2013.78.2
InscribedOn recto, upper right, in blue ink, "Robert Abbe / First Row / Last Person"

On verso, in brown pencil, "H C D School April 1920"; in blue ink, "Henry C. Dwight School / April 1920 / (King tuts tomb found)"; lower right, in pencil, accession number
NotesSubject Note: The Henry C. Dwight School was located at 565 Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford, Connecticut. (Finlay 2/8/2014)
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