Workers Outside a Lodging House.
PhotographerPhotographed by
Homestead View Co.
Date1870-1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 3/4 x 8 5/8in. (17.1 x 21.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 3/4 x 8 5/8in. (17.1 x 21.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 9 5/16 x 11 9/16in. (23.7 x 29.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 3/4 x 8 5/8in. (17.1 x 21.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 9 5/16 x 11 9/16in. (23.7 x 29.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of The Hitchcock Chair Co., Ltd.
DescriptionMen and a boy, all wearing dark clothing, stand beside and in front of a two-story frame building with brick chimneys, louvered shutters, and a porch. The building is built into the side of a hill, with a basement opening at ground level, on the left. A few women, a small boy, and a small girl are on the porch. A man and a small child sit on the porch roof. Additional buildings line a dirt street in the left bckground. A leafless elm tree is at the right.
Object number2004.24.45
InscribedOn recto, in pencil: upper left, "neg broke"; lower right, accession number.NotesSubject Note: The building in question appears to be the residence of the men in the photograph, but there is no evidence to support this, and its identity is yet to be determined. It is presumably in Riverton or the immediate area. (Finlay 6/25/2004)On View
Not on view
