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Image Not Available for F. Brainard family, probably East Haddam.
F. Brainard family, probably East Haddam.
Image Not Available for F. Brainard family, probably East Haddam.

F. Brainard family, probably East Haddam.

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
DescriptionThree men, two women, three girls and a horse in front of two-story clapboard five-bay Federal style house with louvered shutters and front porch with round columns. Two of the men sit in horse-drawn carriage. One man has a mustache. The woman on the right is holding a sheet of [paper?]. One girl wears a buttoned jacket. Quarried stone retaining wall in front with double height banister fence and large fence posts. Large trees either side of house. A bench and hammock are in the side yard on the left.
Object number2000.191.430
InscribedOn verso, "F. Brainard; sold 2"; "East Haddam name"NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.

Subject Note: Possibly the Frank W. Brainard who was an auctioneer in East Haddam in 1886.
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