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Museum purchase, 1986.73.1a, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Rocky Hill Congregational Church and Danforth family
Museum purchase, 1986.73.1a, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Rocky Hill Congregational Church and Danforth family

Date1848-1855
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package in wooden frame
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 3 3/4 × 2 3/4in. (9.5 × 7cm)
Other (frame height x width x depth): 6 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 3/4in. (17.1 × 14.6 × 1.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionSixth plate daguerreotype of Rocky Hill Congregational Church, with a group of six people standing outside it (presumably members of the Danforth family).
Object number1986.73.1a
InscribedHandwritten on back of frame: "Miſs Mary Danforth"
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
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    Sidney Miller Hollister
    1857-1859
    Gift of Newton Case Brainard, 1960.178.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
    Lucy Abigail Brainard
    1856-1857
    Gift of Nellie G. Brown, 1960.36.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyrig…
    Jennie Susan Bromley
    1858-1860
    Gift of Newton Case Brainard, 1960.178.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
    Leverett Brainard
    1853-1856
    Gift of Newton Case Brainard, 1960.178.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
    Lucy Abigail Brainard
    1849-1853
    Gift of Newton Case Brainard, 1960.178.4, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
    Unknown
    1849-1853
    Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones, 1974.56.463, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No k…
    Merritt Bronson
    about 1860
    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, 2025.1.17, Connecticut Museum of Culture …
    Jane Elizabeth Bull Gilman
    1842-1843