Dancing Platform near Bartlett tower, Avon
PhotographerPhotographed by
Richard S. DeLamater
American, 1833 - 1915
Dateabout 1875
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 1/8 x 6 5/16in. (8 x 16cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionWooden platform in a grove of trees. A woman plays a grand piano at the left while several couples dance. A stout man smoking a cigar and wearing a suit and hat looks on. He has a beard. A woman in a print dress is in the left foreground. Inscribed on back: "Dancing platform / near Bartletts tower, Avon, Ct." Letterpress text: "View at the Tower / on / Talcott Mountain, / near Hartford, Ct. / M.H. Bartlett, Proprietor."
Object number2000.200.3
InscribedOn verso: "Dancing platform / near Bartletts tower, Avon, Ct." Letterpress text: "View at the Tower / on / Talcott Mountain, / near Hartford, Ct. / M.H. Bartlett, Proprietor."On View
Not on view
