Reunion of the Descendants of Samuel Blakeslee, Hartland Center, August 24, 1882
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1882
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/16 x 9 1/16in. (18 x 23cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionLarge group of men, women, boys and girls pose in front of a center-chimney clapboard house. Many of the men have beards. Many of the children sit on the broad grassy lawn. Outbuildings are at left and far right. A wooded hill is in the background.
Object number2000.200.14
InscribedOn recto, beneath image: "Reunion of the descendants of Samuel Blakeslee / held at Hartland Center, Aug. 24, 1882." A newspaper clipping glued to the back of the photograph lists the following attendees: Hira Case of Barkhamsted, Deacon Elias Gilman of Winsted, Homer Fuller of Hartland, Rev. T. Douglas and wife of Harwinton, Lester Gaines and wife of Hartland, Mrs. J. Emmons and L.L. Dickenson of Hartland, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Case of Barkhamsted, N.M. Dickenson of Hartland, Hattie and Lulu Case, Frank A. Case and wife, and Mrs. Bell Wilcox of New Hartford, H.B. Case and wife of Barkhamsted, Samuel Roberts and wife of Riverton, Frank D. Case of Barkhamsted, Archie Case of Hartford, Miss Louise Blakeslee Case of Hartford, Sara Ward of Hartford, Mr. and Mrs. Hira Case of Barkhamsted, Deacon Chester Gilman and wife, New Hartford, Cora Miles, Carlton Herbert, and May Roberts, of Riverton, Etta L. Emmons and Ina E. Emmons of Hartford, Mrs. Emily Manchester, Mrs. Sara Popp and Mrs. Hattie Loomis of Hartford, Mrs. Pheby Buell of Westfield, Mass., Mrs.Addie Curtis of Stratford, Mrs. Angie Moore of Ellenville, N.Y., Mrs. Adelia Vosberg, Emmie Vosburg and Mamie Vosburg of Barkhamsted, Louisa Harrison of Jersey City, Fannie Dickenson of Hartland, Mrs. Samuel Gilman of Winsted, Miss Addie Gilman and Charles E. Allen of Winsted, Mary E. Chase, D.S. Case and wife of Barkhamsted, T.J. Hall and wife of Meriden and E.P. Hough and wife of Wallingford."NotesSubject Note: According to Connecticut Place Names, Hartland Center was submerged following the construction of the Barkhamsted Reservoir.On View
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Thomas Sedgwick Steele
1884
