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Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.27 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Ada N. Starr Colton
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.27 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Ada N. Starr Colton

MediumPhotography; albumen on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (photo height x width): 3 3/4 × 2 3/8in. (9.5 × 6cm)
Other (overall height x width): 5 1/8 × 3 3/8in. (13 × 8.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers
DescriptionBlack and white portrait photograph of Ada Newell Starr Colton (1876-1979). She is wearing a white dress and looking towards her left.
Object number2015.62.27
InscribedVerso, handwritten in pencil: "Ada Colton/ E. Northfield, Mass."NotesAda Newell Starr Colton (1876-1979) was born in Montville, Conn. to David Allen Starr (1842-1890) and Julia Wightman Jerome (1846-1942). She married Joseph R. Colton (1870-1952) on 10 January 1899 in Northfield, Mass. Ada and Joseph had three children: Florence Amanda Colton (1899-1979), Evangeline Darrow Colton (1904-1999), and Priscilla Maxwell Colton (1909-1981).
On View
Not on view
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.29 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Ada Newell Starr
September 1894
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.28 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Ada Newell Starr
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.60 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Harriet Newell Rogers Starr
March 1863
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.66 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Jeannette Newell Starr
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.116 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Harriet Newell Rogers Starr
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.77 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Harriet Newell Rogers Starr
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.102 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Harriet Newell Rogers Starr
Gift of Sue Mayne, 2023.20.6, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Ada Jane Naylor
c. 1870-1910