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Image Not Available for Miss Cornelia Hitchcock house, Cheshire.
Miss Cornelia Hitchcock house, Cheshire.
Image Not Available for Miss Cornelia Hitchcock house, Cheshire.

Miss Cornelia Hitchcock house, 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
DescriptionAn elderly woman wearing an old-fashioned dress and bonnet and holding a fan stands in front of a center-chimney house with an attached shed at the rear.
Object number2000.191.364
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.

Subject Note: According to the 1880 Federal Census, Cornelia Hitchcock (1821-1895) was a single woman living by herself in Cheshire, Connecticut. Her occupation is listed as "Keeping house."
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