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Image Not Available for A. H. Gillett family, Bridgewater.
A. H. Gillett family, Bridgewater.
Image Not Available for A. H. Gillett family, Bridgewater.

A. H. Gillett family, Bridgewater.

Date1880-1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print 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
DescriptionFamily in front of two-story clapboard gable end house with side porch and louvered shutters. Three men in hats, a woman and a girl stand at a picket fence. Front door has stone step. In front of men is a stone post and on left is large tree. Three neatly trimmed bushes, a hammock and a wood frame, possibly an arbor, are behind the fence. Inscription on back: "A. H. Gillett" "Bridgewater"
Object number2000.191.427
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.

Subject Note: In 1882 and 1883 there was a A & H Gillette country store in Bridgewater; from 1884 to 1888 it became the H. D. Gillette store.
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