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Gift of the Goshen Historical Society, 1979.74.8, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
Edwin F. Tomlinson
Gift of the Goshen Historical Society, 1979.74.8, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain

Edwin F. Tomlinson

PhotographerPhotographed by Arthur L. Moffitt
Date1886
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cabinet card
ClassificationsGraphics
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”
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    , 1978.1.541 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society.
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