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Gregorieff Family Portrait, 1928

DateFebruary 12, 1928

MediumPhotography

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 14 5/8 × 17 5/8in. (37.1 × 44.8cm)

Credit LineBequest of Concordia A. Gregorieff

DescriptionFramed black and white portrait photograph of the Gregorieff family taken February 12, 1928. Pictured left to right in back row: Igor, Sasha [Alexander, Jr.], and George. Pictured left to right in front row: Concordia, Tamara, Concordia, and Alexander. It was a gift to Concordia for her 100th birthday.

Object number2009.348.39

InscribedPrinted on back of frame: "Concordia Gregorieff / A Century of Life / Her life has spanned one hundred years / And like the broken beads, / Is filled with laughter and with tears, / Of many kindly deeds. / They left the country of the Czar, / Their new life to begin. / Their diet went from caviar, / Became American. / Befriended by an architect, / They moved to Hartford town. / Their English full of dialect / And dressed in hand-me-down. / Concordia spent a full career / While working for the State. / In choir her God she did revere, / Success to actuate. / This beauty from across the sea / Enriches all our lives. / Her talent we do all agree / For excellence she strives. / Through tragedy and time of loss / True friendship and lost love, / She loves her Saviour and His cross, / Still worships God above. / Happy 100th Birthday! / December 28, 2003 / Affectionately, / Walt and / Renalda"

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