Meriden House, Meriden, Connecticut
Dateprobably 1888
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 15/16 x 8in. (15.1 x 20.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 15/16 x 8in. (15.1 x 20.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 15/16 x 8in. (15.1 x 20.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 15/16 x 8in. (15.1 x 20.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 15/16 x 8in. (15.1 x 20.3cm)
Credit LineGift of Clifford T. Alderman
DescriptionA group of people wearing winter clothing stand and sit in deep snow in front of a large brick hotel building located on a street corner. Snow is on the roof of the hotel and icycles hang from the eaves. A utility pole, probably a telegraph pole, is at the left. Signs on the building read: "MERIDEN HOUSE." "STEVENSON & CO. / CLOTHING" "WESTERN / UNION / Telegraph / OFFICE." A light hanging from a wire or rope in the left foreground is probably a gas street light.
Object number2014.103.1
InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesDate Note: The extreme depth of the snow--it appears almost to reach the second floor balcony of the hotel--suggests that the photograph was taken during the Blizzard of 1888.On View
Not on view