Alfred Howarth family, North Haven
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
DescriptionA man, three women, a small girl and an infant in a wicker baby carriage pose in front of a two-story front-gabled house painted in contrasting colors. The picket fence in front of the house is also painted in contrasting colors. There is a rocking chair on the porch, which is supported by scroll-sawn brackets. One of the women is wearing an apron over a plaid dress. The man is wearing a hat and vest. The child appears to eating something out of a berry box that she holds in her lap.
Object number2000.191.342
InscribedOn verso, "N. of North Haven on / North Haven & Hamden Rd."NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.Subject Note: Alfred Howarth was a farmer living in North Haven, Connecticut in 1880.
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