Orchestra on Jumbo Rock, Winsted (Winchester)
Dateabout 1885
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 5/16 x 6 5/16in. (11 x 16cm)
DescriptionSmall musical group sits on a wooden platform built on a large rock. Boys sit on the rock and stand in front of it.
Object number1980.80.15
InscribedOn verso: "Photograph of orchestra on 'Jumbo' rock / (the great boulder on the cliff west of the / Gilbert clock shop, Winsted) taken in the 1880's. / A platform (since destroyed) for dancing / was builded [sic] on top of the boulder. The or-/chestra is on that platform, which extends / back - a large platform. Beginning on the / left the persons shown are: - / 1. George Girard, clarinet / 2. James Bannon [?], cornet / 3. L.V. Pinney, viola / 4. Henry Barrenther [?], violin / 5. Mr. Walker, Contra-Bass / 6. Emil Smith, 2nd violin / 7. Wm. Shea, Trombone / Prof. James Ward is the 'distinguished / looking' individual in the tall hat. / The infants in front are now (1901) fathers / of families or 'like to be,' and every man on the / rock is alive and playing, except Prof. Ward."Subject Terms
On View
Not on view