Mrs. Platt, the Martha Washington of the Grove, Canaan
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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:17961
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Persons
Creator (cre): Sheldon, K. T. (King T.)
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Title |
Title
Title
Mrs. Platt, the Martha Washington of the Grove, Canaan
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Origin Information
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Digital Origin |
Digital Origin
reformatted digital
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Description |
Description
Frame cottage painted in contrasting colors, with decorative vergeboards, scroll-cut brackets and railings, and a bay window. Three women stand on the second-story porch or balcony. Additional women, men, boys and a small child are on or near the porch. One woman sits in a rocking chair. A folding chair is at the left. Men have beards or mustaches. One boy wears knickers. A board fence is at the left. Curtains are visible at the windows of a second cottage at the right. Pine trees are in the background. Inscribed beneath image: "Pine Grove Louis Abbot /Mrs. Snow on balcony / Martha Ann Snow Abbott Graves." Inscribed on back: "She sat back of / Uncle Philo Sheldon's / pew in Church & / poked me / in the back / for wriggling / which I resented / Alice P. Doughty."
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Extent |
Extent
Source extent: 1 photographic print ; 12 x 20 cm.
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Use and Reproduction |
Use and Reproduction
Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
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Note
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Local Identifier |
Local Identifier
Accession number 1998.152.477
0524 img0077.pcd
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