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Home of Amanda Benjamin Hall, 542 Montauk Avenue, New London
Home of Amanda Benjamin Hall, 542 Montauk Avenue, New London

Home of Amanda Benjamin Hall, 542 Montauk Avenue, New London

Date1940
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 3/8 x 4 1/8in. (6 x 10.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 x 2 3/4in. (11.4 x 7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Harleigh Knott
DescriptionWood frame two-story house with two gabled dormers with rounded windows, and shutters. Porch has double door entrance with top window lights and a window with louvered shutters. The porch and roof have some Italianate detailing. Large amounts of snow are on the ground, and some snow is on the roof. Evergreen trees and bushes are around the front of the house. More trees are visible at left. A fence is in background.
Object number2002.39.1
MarkingsOn verso, a seal stamped in green ink: "MASTER PHOTO FINISHERS OF AMERICA / Service / and ... / Reg. U. S. Pat. OFF. / OCT 21 1940"
Next to seal in stamped in black ink: "507"
InscribedOn verso, at top, in ink: "Home of Amanda Benjamin Hall / the poet"; bottom left corner, in ink: "Conn." [underlined]
NotesSubject Note: Amanda Benjamin Hall Brownell of New London, Connecticut, was an author and poet, who published under her maiden name, Amanda Benjamin Hall.

Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.435   © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Soc…
    Northern Survey Company
    1880-1890
    Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.440  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
    Northern Survey Company
    1880-1890
    A Country Home.
    Kellogg & Bulkeley
    after 1867
    A Country Home.
    Kellogg & Bulkeley
    after 1867
    Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.233  © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
    Northern Survey Company
    1880-1890
    2000.177.59  © 2001The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Thomas M.V. Doughty
    about 1885
    Gift of the heirs of Morgan B. Brainard, 1961.12.41, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright …
    Elijah Chapman Kellogg
    1851-1853
    Oakland Place.
    Elijah Chapman Kellogg
    1851-1853