Lambert Russell family, Cheshire.
PhotographerPhotographed by
Northern Survey Company
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)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionFamily in front of one and half story clapboard Cape style house with double entry door. Small brick center chimney. Man in vest and [sweater?] and woman in check dress and apron stand in front of picket fence with gate. Picket and stockade fence on left side of yard enclosing garden on left; stone fence with split rail in foreground. Telegraph pole on left. Behind house are two vertical sided barns and possibly a fruit tree. On left side of house is an arbor with [grape?] vines.
Object number2000.191.424
InscribedOn verso, "Lambert Russell" "Cheshire"NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company. Subject Note: According to a Cheshire town history, the "Joel Moss House" c. 1795, 859 Moss Farms Rd-Cheshire, is "sometimes known as the Lambert Russell House." The Russells lived there from 1860-1902.
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