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Twigg Family Vacation
Image Not Available for Twigg Family Vacation

Twigg Family Vacation

Dateearly 20th century
MediumPhotography; silver gelatin prints on paper, mounted on black paper glued in album with heavy paper covers decorated with paint
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 1/2 x 4in. (6.4 x 10.2cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 2 3/4 x 4 1/2in. (7 x 11.4cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width x depth): 5 1/2 x 7in. (14 x 17.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Patrick and Carol McCabe
DescriptionAlbum containing photographs of men, women, and children associated with the Ernest and Sophie Twigg family on what appears to be a group outing or vacation with scenic views near a reservoir or lake. The people are posing outdoors near signs, bridges, fences, streambeds, a dam and a farmstead with a five-bay Colonial house and barns. In one image, a young man is sitting on a rock which is, in part, inscribed "LET THE DURAND[?] / DEVELOP YOUR FILM. 10 (cents) / 9- CHESTNUT ST."

The front cover of the photograph album cover has a painted design of flowers and leaves.
Object number2004.50.1.1-.41
InscribedOn recto, on album cover, at center, in colored paint, "PHOTOGRAPHS". On verso, in lower right, in pencil, accession number.
On View
Not on view
2004.50.2.11
Unknown
early 20th century
2004.50.3.16
Unknown
early 20th century
2004.50.47
Unknown
early 20th century
2004.50.4
Unknown
about 1890
The Old State House, Hartford
Richard S. DeLamater
1873
Miniature Boots
The Candee Rubber Company
about 1895-1915
Miniature Boots
L. Candee & Company
about 1895-1915
Gift of the estate of Amy Tatro, 2006.49.6  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
early 20th-mid 20th century