Four Generations, May 1894
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1894
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 8 1/4in. (16 x 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionElderly man with a beard and three women on the porch of a frame house. The woman on the left has jet decorations on the bodice and cuffs of her dress. The woman on the right holds an infant wrapped in a blanket. There appears to be a doorbell on the molding to the left of the door. Fluted columns frame the porch. Vines grow at the right. The shrub at the far right appears to be a rhododendron.
Object number2000.175.2
InscribedOn verso: "Charles Smith" "Four generations / May 1894 / C.S. born Sep. 14th 1807 / M.A.S.born Aug. 14th1816 / Helen Granberry born Oct. 1st 1893."NotesSubject Note: Probably Hartford. Helen Granberry, born in 1893, married Edgar Francis Waterman. She died in 1995 and is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford. Her relationship to the Smith family is unclear; she was presumably a great granddaughter of Charles Smith.On View
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