Bowen School for Boys
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Date1887
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 7/16 x 7 3/4in. (11.3 x 19.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 7/16 x 7 3/4in. (11.3 x 19.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 1/4 x 8 1/2in. (13.3 x 21.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 7/16 x 7 3/4in. (11.3 x 19.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 1/4 x 8 1/2in. (13.3 x 21.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Clifford T. Alderman
DescriptionA high Victorian Gothic brick school building with some stick style elements is surrounded by grassy lawns and a rail fence. The building has a mansard roof, porches and balconies, a tower, and and a separate barn or carriage house. Small evergreen trees and larger leafless trees are in the lawn.
Object number2010.104.6
InscribedOn verso, in pencil, "The Bowens School for Boys / Hartford Conn. June 1887"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: The Bowen School for Boys was located at 352 Collins Street, in the building previously occupied by the Chinese Educational Mission, a program sponsored by the Chinese government to enable Chinese students to obtain training in western science, technology and military affairs. (Finlay 2/3/2011)Subject Terms
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