Amy Tatro
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1917-2004
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper, some on cardboard mount; color photographs on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 3/4 x 9 7/8in. (14.6 x 25.1cm) and smaller
Sheet (height x width): 6 1/4 x 10 5/16in. (15.9 x 26.2cm) and smaller
Mount (height x width): 8 x 9 3/8in. (20.3 x 23.8cm) and smaller
Sheet (height x width): 6 1/4 x 10 5/16in. (15.9 x 26.2cm) and smaller
Mount (height x width): 8 x 9 3/8in. (20.3 x 23.8cm) and smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the estate of Amy Tatro
DescriptionPredominantly amateur photographs of Amy Tatro ranging from early adulthood to her later years. Amy is seen wearing dresses both with and without sleeves, pants, various hats and headbands, bathing suits, and skirts. In some photographs she is shown standing in the garden, in a field, in the woods, at the beach, and among rocks. In other photographs Amy is seated holding a cat, in an automobile, eating watermelon, in a hay-filled wagon being led by a horse, and in a rocking chair at either an elderly care facility or a nursing home. In most of the photographs, Amy Tatro is posing with other men or women.
Object number2006.49.20-.54
MarkingsOn verso of 2006.49.20, lower right, stamped in purple ink "A68"; On verso of 2006.49.21, in upper center, stamped in purple ink is an oval and "95";
On verso of 2006.49.22, on the left side, stamped in purple ink, "82" and "API (inside a purple oval)";
On verso of 2006.49.23, centered, stamped in purple ink, "55" and "API (inside a purple oval)";
On verso of 2006.49.25, upper right, stamped in purple ink "A68";
On verso of 2006.49.27 and 2006.49.28, lower right corner, in purple ink, indistinguishable stamp;
On verso of 2006.49.34, in lower right corner, stamped in purple ink "A68";
On verso of 2006.49.21, 2006.49.24, 2006.49.30, 2006.49.31, 2006.49.32, and 2006.49.35 stamped in black in a repeating pattern is "VELOX";
On verso of 2006.49.43, lower left, stamped in black ink "24";
On verso of 2006.49.44, lower left, stamped in black ink "99";
On verso of 2006.49.48, in center, stamped in black ink "THIS IS A / KODACOLOR PRINT / MADE BY / EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY / T.M. REGIS. U.S. PAT. OFF. / Week of August 23, 1954 / I 1";
On verso of 2006.49.49, in lower center, stamped in black ink "THIS IS A / KODACOLOR PRINT / MADE BY / EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY / T.M. REGIS. U.S. PAT. OFF. / Week of August 30, 1954 / III 2";
On verso of 2006.49.50, in repeating pattern, stamped in light black ink "KODAK / VELOX / PAPER";
On verso of 2006.49.51, in center, stamped in red ink "A COLOR PRINT / Made by / Kodak / MAY 70R"; also on verso in a repeating pattern, stamped in black ink, "A KODAK PAPER";
On verso of 2006.49.52 and 2006.49.53, in a repeating pattern, are two "Kodak PAPER" stamps;
On verso of 2006.49.54, left side, stamped in black ink "THIS IS A / KODACOLOR PRINT / MADE BY / EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY / T.M. REGIS. U.S. PAT. OFF. / Week Ending Feb. 11, 1956 / Ro 3".
InscribedOn verso of 2006.49.20, upper left corner, in pencil "Amy Tatro";
On verso of 2006.49.23, in lower left corner, in pencil "F - C - B";
On verso of 2006.49.24, lower right, in pencil "3897";
On verso of 2006.49.29, centered, in pencil "2";
On verso of 2006.49.31, in upper right, in pencil "9 (possibly) 717";
On verso of 2006.49.32, in upper right, in pencil "9 (possibly) 717";
On verso of 2006.49.33, centered, in pencil "2";
On verso of 2006.49.35, in center, in pencil "9676";
On verso of 2006.49.36, in pencil "99 Howe St / New Haven / Conn";
On verso of 2006.49.39, upper left corner, in pencil, "Amy Tatro on right";
On verso of 2006.49.43, upper left, in pencil "Amy Tatro";
On verso of 2006.49.48, in upper left corner, in pencil "Amy Tatro";
On verso of all photographs in this grouping, in lower right corner, written in either pencil, white pencil, or a light impressions black pen is the accession number for each individual photograph.
NotesSubject Note: Amy Tatro (1906-2004) was a pioneering woman artist, who graduated from Yale in the 1930s and designed jewelry for G. Fox, posters and advertising for the Hartford Electric Light Company, and plastics for Colt Firearms. She was also active as a painter and art teacher, and traveled widely in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. She never married and spent many years caring for her ailing mother.
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