John Kilty family, Watertown.
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 two-story, cross gable clapboard vernacular Victorian house with louvered shutters. Man with mustache wearing vest holding straw hat and three women, one sitting in chair. Porch on front and right side supported by round columns with lattice base. Vines growing on two left front columns behind which is a hammock. Potted plants are to the right of the hammock. On left side, behind a tree is large loose pile of lumber.
Object number2000.191.446
InscribedOn verso, "John Kilty" "Watertown"NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.Subject Note: John Kilty was born in Ireland about 1825. In 1880, he was living in Watertown, Connecticut. He is listed in the 1880 Federal Census as a farm laborer.
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