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1963.75.0.4  © 2001The Connecticut Historical Society.
Grover Cleveland at Prospect House, Upper Saranac Lake, New York, August 22, 1884
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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Commodore Thomas MacDonough
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Thomas F. Oakes
1944
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Thomas F. Oakes
1944
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Thomas F. Oakes
1944
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Thomas F. Oakes
1943-1945
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Thomas F. Oakes
1944-1945
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1944-1945
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Thomas F. Oakes
c. 1945