1963.75.0.4 © 2001The Connecticut Historical Society.

Grover Cleveland at Prospect House, Upper Saranac Lake, New York, August 22, 1884

PhotographerPhotographed by Thomas Sedgwick Steele American, 1845 - 1903

Date1884

MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 3/4 x 7 7/8in. (12 x 20cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

DescriptionTwo men are seated on the porch of a large frame hotel building. Another man stands nearby. All have beards or mustaches and wear suits and hats. The man in the center smoking a cigar is Grover Cleveland. The man at the right holding a cable in his hand is the photographer Thomas Sedgwick Steele. Additional men and chairs are in the right background. A lake is in the left background beyond a grassy lawn.

Object number1963.75.0.4

InscribedOn verso: "Taken instantaneously, and without the / knowledge of… Gov. Cleve- / land and the gentleman on his right. The one leaning against the pillar pulled a string and / took the picture." "Hon. Grover Cleveland at Prospect House / Upper Saranac Lake / Aug. 22 1884 Adirondacks."

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