George J. Grossman - Block, 1888
Date1888
MediumPhotography; albumen on paper in cardboard album covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/4 x 9 1/4in. (18.4 x 23.5cm)
Other (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 11 1/2in. (21 x 29.2cm)
Other (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 11 1/2in. (21 x 29.2cm)
DescriptionPhotograph of George J. Grossman's block in Meriden, Connecticut, depicting a store called Allen's in a brick building. Monuments are sitting in the lot next to the building. Dirt road.
Object number2015.149.1.13
InscribedRecto, handwritten in black ink: "George J. Grossman - Block, 1888"NotesFrom: History of New Haven County, Connecticut, Volume 1 (p. 636)"George J. Grossman, son of Rudolph and Frances (Yost) Grossman, was born in 1847 in Hoechst, on the Maine, and came to America in 1867, working in New York, New Jersey, Boston and other places, until 1876, when he came to Meriden and bought out F. W. Shelley, who established the monument business in 1869, and which Mr. Grossman has since carried on. He married Madeline, daughter of Jacob Kuster, of Hartford, Conn."
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