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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)

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).

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