George B. Lewis block, Woodbury.
Date1880-1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on card
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 11/16 x 8 11/16in. (17 x 22cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionTwo-story frame commercial building, apparently housing three separate businesses. Sign over the central door reads "Woodbury Drug Store / Circulating Library." Sign over the left door reads "Rowell." Sign over the right door reads "Woodbury / Savings Bank." A sign projecting from the pier at the far right reads "West[ern Union] / Te[legraph] / [Company]." Four men stand in front of the drug store. A woman and a girl stand in front of the bank. A man driving an open about rriage is in front of the Rowell store. A dog is seated beside him. Another dog stand in front of the drug store. Advertisements are posted on a telegraph pole at the right. Inscribed on back: "42 Dr. L. Y. Ketchum."
Object number2000.191.4
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company. Subject Note: William H. Rowell was a jeweler and optician who also sold clocks and watches.
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