School group with A. S. Frost, Cheshire.
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
DescriptionSchoolchildren and two women teachers in front of one story double gabled brick Classic Revival building. A porch with Victorian brackets has been enclosed with vertical boards. There are trees in the yard and a rail fence in the background. Class is mixed ages with both boys and girls; some are barefoot. There appears to be two, possibly four, African Americans at the right of the group. One boy, mid first row, has a black eye. Inscription on back: "A. S. Frost" "Cheshire?"
Object number2000.191.230
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.On View
Not on view