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Edwin F. Tomlinson

Date1886

MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cabinet card

Credit LineGift of the Goshen Historical Society

DescriptionBust-length studio portrait of a man with a mustache. The man is wearing a suit. The man is identified on the reverse as E. F. Tomlinson of Plainville, Connecticut.

Object number1979.74.8

InscribedPrinted in gold on front: "Moffitt's Studio. New Britain, Conn."

Printed in brown on back: "Moffitt's/ PORTRAITS/ FINEST GALLERY IN NEW ENGLAND./ The State Fair has awarded this Gallery four 1st Pre-/ miums, One for best Crayon Portraits, One for best/ Solar Portraits, One for best large Photographs,/ One for the best general collection of Photographs."

Handwritten in pencil on back: “E. F. Tomlinson/ Plainville/ Conn./ House 1886”

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