Robertsville Chair Factory.
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1870-1900
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 7/8 x 7 13/16in. (17.5 x 19.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 7/8 x 7 13/16in. (17.5 x 19.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 10 1/16 x 14in. (25.6 x 35.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 7/8 x 7 13/16in. (17.5 x 19.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 10 1/16 x 14in. (25.6 x 35.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of The Hitchcock Chair Co., Ltd.
DescriptionThree views show frame factory buildings. In two photographs, workers and horse-drawn vehicles are posed in a yard in front of the buildings. One wagon is loaded with chairs. Some men wear aprons or overall. Some hold tools. Some photographs include piles of sawn logs or lumber. One includes a mill dam and a rushing stream. In two photographs, it is winter, and snow is on the ground. In one, it is summer, and leaves are on the trees.
Object number2004.24.28-.30
Inscribed2004.24.28 is accompanied by a label, inscribed in black ink, "This is a picture of / the factory where the / Holmes & Roberts / chairs were made. / Robertsville Conn."2004.24.29 is inscribed on verso, at left, in blue ink, "View of Union Chair Co. / Robertsville / Team driver Aaron Roreback / Gift of Genevieve Roy Kearney / Grandaughter [sic] July 1987..."
2004.24.30 is inscribed on verso, at right, in blue ink, "another view of Union Chair in / Robertsville... / from Genevieve Kearney / grandaughter [sic] / Aaron Roreback".
All photographs have the accession number inscribed on verso, lower right, in pencil.
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