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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2009.62.5  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society…
Katharine Hepburn standing on the beach at Fenwick
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2009.62.5 © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Katharine Hepburn standing on the beach at Fenwick

Date1938
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 1/2 x 8in. (31.8 x 20.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 1/8 x 8 3/4in. (33.3 x 22.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionKatharine Hepburn is wearing a scarf, sweater, and slacks while standing on a beach strewn with rubble. The rubble is probably from hurricane damage to the Hepburn house during the Hurricane of 1938. She holds a shovel in her right hand. She is smiling.
Object number2009.62.5
InscribedOn verso, upper right, in pencil, "KATHARINE Hepburn / FENWICK, CT / 1938 HURRICANE CLEAN-UP?"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: The Hepburn house on Fenwick Point was destroyed by the Hurricane of 1938.
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