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Gift of Susan Palmer, 2022.53.14, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Genevieve Shields Lay
Gift of Susan Palmer, 2022.53.14, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Genevieve Shields Lay

SubjectPortrait of Genevieve Shields Lay American, 1888 - 1969
Date6 July 1906
MediumPhotography
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Susan Palmer
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of Genevieve Shields Lay, 6 July 1906. She is sitting at a table in a living room at 38 Hickok Place in Burlington, Vermont.
Object number2022.53.14
InscribedHandwritten in black ink on back: "Taken July 6th 1906. / at #38 Hickok Pl., / Burlington, Vt."

Handwritten in pencil on back: "Taken at time / of her marriage. / Married in Vt. / but lived / in Hartford."

Handwritten in pencil on back: "Daughter-in-law of Horace E. [Lay] / Wife of John Edward Lay / Genevieve Shields Lay"
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Dress
    Susan Shields
    1991
    Gift of Susan Palmer, 2022.53.15, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Muriel Lay Gilman
    Gift of Susan Palmer, 2022.53.16, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Muriel Lay Gilman
    Gift of Susan Palmer, 2022.53.17, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Muriel Lay Gilman
    Gift of Susan Palmer, 2012.544.1 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Horace E. Lay
    early 20th century
    Community History Project Collection, 2022.20.22b, Connecticut Historical Society, In Copyright…
    Peter Moran
    2022 July 8
    Gift of Grant Brown and Sylvia Brown, 2015.133.13 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society
    F.L. Lay's Photographic Atelier
    about 1865
    Gift of Grant Brown and Sylvia Brown, 2015.133.12 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society
    F.L. Lay's Photographic Atelier
    about 1865