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Image Not Available for E.S. Beardsley house and E.L. Beardsley meat market, Meriden.
E.S. Beardsley house and E.L. Beardsley meat market, Meriden.
Image Not Available for E.S. Beardsley house and E.L. Beardsley meat market, Meriden.

E.S. Beardsley house and E.L. Beardsley meat market, Meriden.

Date1887-1888
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 8 11/16in. (16 x 22cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionOne man, two women, a girl and two dogs in front of a two-story Greek revival house with a picket fence. The sign on a building at the right reads "E.L. Beardsley." A large barn is visible to the rear of these two buildings.
Object number2000.191.44
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.

Subject Note: Erwin S. Beardsley owned a farm on Middletown Road near Black Pond in Meriden. Eckford L. Beardsley operated a meat market at this loabout tion from 1887 to 1889.
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