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The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2012.536.53   © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Views of Thompsonville or Vicinity
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2012.536.53 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Views of Thompsonville or Vicinity

PhotographerPhotographed by Nathan Page Palmer American, 1843 - 1918
Date1873-1879
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/8 x 3in. (7.9 x 7.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/8 x 3in. (7.9 x 7.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (8.6 x 17.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionViews taken by the Thompsonville photographer, Nathan Page Palmer. Most are rural scenes, including houses, farm buildings, fences, stone walls, dirt roads, fields, and trees. Two men and a woman stand outside one of the houses. A large pile of logs is at the right. One photograph is of a small classical revival church. The same church appears in one of the other photographs.
Part of the John S. Craig Collection.
Object number2012.536.53-.59
InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesTitle Note: Nathan Page Palmer was primarily active in the Thompsonville area. These photographs are probably of scenes from somewhere in this vicinity. The exact location is unknown.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Morgan H. Alvord, 1975.60.44  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Nathan Page Palmer
    1892
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2012.536.195 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Everett Augustus Scholfield
    1866-1885
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2012.536.16 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Isaac F. Langley
    1865-1875
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund,  2012.536.328  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Frank C. Cross
    1860-1890
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2012.536.314   © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Bishop & Kenyon
    1860-1890
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund,  2012.536.401  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    J.K. Bundy
    late 19th century
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund,  2012.536.417  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    J.K. Bundy
    1860-1890
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.93.57  © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    K. T. Sheldon
    1870-1890
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2012.536.79   © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    George M. Bolton
    1860-1910