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Wagons and flatcar in front of Avon House, Avon.
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)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionWagon drawn by two horses with a smaller wagon drawn by one horse beside it. A load of logs and barrels is on a flatcar in the background. A sign on the flatcar reads "[N.Y. N.H.] & H.R.R." Two large buildings are behind the railroad tracks. A hanging sign on the right building reads "Avon / House." There is a telegraph pole at the right. Three men, two of them wearing boots, stand in front of the wagons. Note on back: "Harrison Woodford."
Object number2000.191.116
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.Subject Note: Harrison Woodford was elected state representative from Avon in 1877. He ran a planing mill in Avon.
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