Family of Samuel Clemons, possibly Windham County
PhotographerPhotographed by
Northern Survey Company
Date1880-1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 8 11/16in. (16 x 22cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA stream flows down a slope through a meadow. Stone walls in the background may include a dam. Two women, wearing shawls over their dresses, are standing in the field. A small boy sits on a rock between them. In the background is a small center-chimney house with large outbuildings (possibly including a mill?).
Object number2000.191.19
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.Subject Note: The name "Samuel Clemons" is inscribed on the back of the mount. It is possible that the name is misspelled or incorrect. The 1870 Census lists a Samuel A. Clemons working as a farm laborer in Killingly, Connecticut. No one else by that name living in Windham County appears in the census records for the 1870s or 1880s.
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