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Sawmill, North Ashford
Date1914
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: (length x width) 14 × 12in. (35.6 × 30.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Paul Blair in memory of Louise Dechand Blair, her brothers & sister, & mother, Clementine Scher Dechand
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the sawmill on the Dechand family farm, North Ashford, Connecticut, February 9, 1914. The foreground of the photograph shows piles of cut brush and tree stumps. The sawmill operation including stacks of lumber, draft animals, and workers occupies the middleground of the photograph, with views of trees in the background.
Object number2017.95.2
MarkingsEmbossed on front: "Martin/ WILLIMANTIC, CT"InscribedHandwritten in black ink on front: "Feb 9- 1914" Handwritten in black ink on back: "Nicholas Dechand/ Compliments of/ Jackson [illegible]/ Winter of 1914"
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