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Postcards of Bantam Lake and Bantam River, Litchfield
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Postcards of Bantam Lake and Bantam River, Litchfield

Date1900-1940
Mediumphotogravure on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: (Height x width) 3 9/16 × 5 1/2in. (9 × 14cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of I. B. Holley, Jr.
Description.4 Black and white printed postcard showing a side, tree-lined river, the water slightly rippled. The back is divided into two halves for the message and the address.

.5 Black and white printed postcard of grasses growing along the banks of tree-lined river. The back is divided into two halves for the message and the address.

.6 Brown and white printed postcard of a body of water with land in the background, to left is what appears to be a rounded mountain and to the right is a large building. The back is divided into two halves for the message and the address.
Object number2010.179.4-.6
Markings.4 Printed in brown in the top left and top right corners are: Bantam River Bantam, Conn. Printed in brown along the left side of the verso: "929 Karl Brothers, Litchfield, Conn. Printed in Germany." A square in the upper right corner contains the words: "Postage / Domestic 1c. / Foreign 2c."

.5 Printed in brown in the upper left corner: "Bantam River -- Litchfield, Conn." Printed in brown along the left side of the verso: "1006 Karl Brothers, Litchfield, Conn. Printed in Germany." A square in the upper right corner contains the words: "Postage / Domestic 1c. / Foreign 2c."

.6 Printed in brown in the upper right corner: "Bantam Lake - West Shore / Litchfield, Conn." Printed in brown along the left side of the verso: "979 Karl Brothers, Litchfield, Conn. Printed in Germany." A square in the upper right corner contains the words: "Postage / Domestic 1c. / Foreign 2c."
NotesCame in with a large manuscript collection about the Holley family of Lakeville, Conn. and elsewhere. Ms 100894
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Borne
    Gideon Welles
    1855-1865
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.590, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
    Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
    about 1894
    Measuring Cup and Case
    Unknown
    1850-1900
    Milk Bottle
    Daniels Farm
    about 1930s
    Museum purchase, 1974.71.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright undetermined
    Charles Noel Flagg
    Museum purchase, through a gift of Charles E. Brainard and F. Kelso Davis, 1991.57.0, Connectic…
    William Conner
    1792-1805
    Chair
    Unknown
    1810-1840
    Collection of Morgan B. Brainard, Gift of Mrs. Morgan B. Brainard, 1961.63.41  Photograph by Da…
    Captain Joseph Porter
    1820-1825