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2025.4.1434a, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Known Copyright
Horatio Alden
2025.4.1434a, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Known Copyright

Horatio Alden

SubjectPortrait of Horatio Alden American, 1792 - 1858
PhotographerPhotographed by S. H. Waite American, 1832 - 1906
Datec. 1842
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 × 2 3/8in. (10.2 × 6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionTwo identical bust-length portrait carte-de-visite photographs of Horatio Alden.
Object number2025.4.1434a-b
Inscribed(a-b) Typed in black on front: "Waite, Photographer. 275 Main St. Hartford. Ct."

(a) Handwritten in black ink on back: "Horatio Alden / at 50 years old."
On View
Not on view
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.192,   © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
A. E. Alden's American Picture Gallery
1868
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Hannah Darrow Jerome
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Richard S. DeLamater
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Julian Alden Weir
1889
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Boy's Jacket and Skirt
Samuel Alden Eddy
about 1860
Gift of the Smith-Worthington Saddlery Co., 2021.22.213.1-.71, Connecticut Historical Society, …
Smith-Worthington Saddlery Company
1850-1900
Bequest from the Estate of Elizabeth Beattie, 2023.17.76, Connecticut Museum of Culture and His…
Mary Gay Beattie
c. 1880-1889