Decorating graves, Spring Grove Cemetery, Windsor Avenue, Hartford, May 30, 1909
Date1909
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 3/4 x 6 11/16in. (12 x 17cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionThree young children kneel on the ground, apparently planting flowers on graves marked by wooden stakes with numbers stenciled on them. Three women and a man stand behind them. Two women wear large hats. One holds a basket. One is beneath a large black umbrella. The man wears a straw hat and a suit. Several frame houses and trees are in the background, beyond a vertical-boarded wooden fence.
Object number2000.201.45
InscribedOn verso: "Memo Day / 1909 / Spring Grove Cemetery."On View
Not on view