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Hattie Jane Bugbee, namesake Hattie Norton, and others

Date1895-1945

MediumPhotography; tintype on iron, gelatin silver print on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/2 x 5in. (8.9 x 12.7cm) and smaller
Sheet (height x width): 3 15/16 x 5 3/8in. (10 x 13.7cm) and smaller

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

DescriptionA portrait of a woman identified as Hattie Norton, the namesake of Hattie Jane Bugbee. Three images of a woman, Hattie Jane Bugbee, or Bugbey, including one where she is wearing a hat and bathing suit. In another image, she is standing with her back to the camera with two other women. There is a house in the background, and a man and a little girl in the foreground. In the fifth image, she is standing with two other women and two men, identified as Mr. Lewis, Mrs. Warner, Mrs. Lewis, Miss Bugbee [or Bugbey], and Mr. Warner.

Object number2002.73.1-.5

InscribedOn verso of tintype 2002.73.1, "Hattie Norton / my namesake / Hattie J. Bugbey" (spelled as Bugbee on 2002.34.1-.14)
On verso of 2002.73.2: "Hattie J. Bugbey." [sic]
On verso of 2002.73.4: "Mr. Lewis, Mrs Warner / Mrs. Lewis / Miss Bugbey [sic] / & / Mr. Warner."
On verso of 2002.73.5: "Betsy telling the boy up the street / what she thinks of him! / Lena, Hattie and mother in a huddle. / Sept. 1945"
Accession number inscribed in pencil on verso.NotesSubject Note: Hattie Bugbee worked for The Travelers insurance Company in Hartford for many years, and for a period of time lived at the same address as her sister and brother-in-law at 2 Deerfield, and later at 6 LeMay in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Historical Note: In inscriptions on verso of #2002.78.1, .2, and .3, Bugbee is spelled "Bugbey".
The Hartford City directories have Hattie's name listed first as "Bugbee"; in later years it changes to "Bugbey".

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