W.H. Burnham family in front of house, probably Hampton.
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
DescriptionAt the left, a man holding a shotgun or rifle, sitting on a horse faces a second man sitting in a sulky drawn by a second horse, at the far right. A dog sits between them, in front of a fence. A small boy is seated on the fence. Behind the fence is a girl, a woman in a hat and shawl and a man wearing a hat, coat, vest and watch chain, leaning against a tree. In the background is a two-story, cross-gabled house painted in contrasting colors with a porch on two sides. Additions at the back of the house attach to a large barn, also painted in contrasting colors. The trees in the yard appear to be fruit trees.
Object number2000.191.336
InscribedOn verso, "extreme w. pt. of state."NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.Subject Note: Despite the inscription, the photograph was probably taken in Hampton. Another view of the same house and family is inscribed "Hampton." William H. Burnham appears in the Federal Census as a farmer in Hampton, Connecticut. He was born about 1842 and died after 1920.
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