Photograph album of Clinton, Connecticut
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Description
- Title
- Photograph album of Clinton, Connecticut
- Creator
- Parker, Elma Ray Swain, 1894-1971
- Published / Created
- 1900-circa 1925.
- Abstract
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Album comprised chiefly of cyanotype photographs that document sites in Clinton, Connecticut, and the surrounding area, 1900-1904, which Elma Ray Swain Parker compiled for Clayton Watrous Pratt, circa 1925
Views of sites in Clinton include the Morgan School, a school house on Liberty Green, and the Bacon House, a summer resort hotel, as well as a view of Main Street with a notation for the Pratt home. Another view shows the former building of the Clinton National Bank, which became the Clinton Public Library in 1924
Images related to the Methodist Episcopal Church in Clinton include a view of the church and its parsonage and boys fishing from a bridge during a Sunday school picnic, as well as a view of a Christmas display at the church in December 1900
Views of sites on and near the Indian River include an ice house and mill pond and a railway bridge with a locomotive and railcars crossing it, as well as a view of marshland
The album includes a view of an iron bridge over a river, probably the Hammonasset River, in Madison, Connecticut, as well as an informal portrait of Elizabeth "Lizzy" Munroe
Items that are not cyanotypes in the album include a clipped photomechanical postcard that depicts Commerce Street in Clinton and an informal group portrait, which may depict members of the Pratt family
- Description
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Elma Ray Swain Parker (1894-1971) was born in Clinton, Connecticut. Her parents were Everetta C. Dowd Swain (1871-1934) and Oliver Black Swain (1868-1932). In 1922, she married Frederick Parker (1893-1964), and they had two children, Amy Parker (1922-1979) and John Parker (1925-2006). She died in Clinton.
Clayton Watrous Pratt (1880-1960) was born in Deep River, Connecticut. His parents were Avery Rufus Pratt (1850-1927) and Ella E. Pratt (born circa 1855). In 1912, he married Minnie Flora Stewart (later Davis) (1885-1969) in Winthrop, Massachusetts. Pratt later married Alice Elizabeth Stewart Spencer (1886-1960), and through her had two stepchildren, Marion Avis Spencer Root (1908-1989) and Lieutenant Colonel Allen William Spencer (1909-2000). Pratt worked as a salesman and boat designer, and later established seafood stores in Saybrook, Connecticut, and Sarasota, Florida. He died in Sarasota.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript captions on the versos of the prints.
A light pencil inscription on the front board: Presented to C. W. P. from Sunday School Teacher Elma Swain. Clinton, Conn. - Provenance
- Purchased from Nancy Kuhl on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.
- Extent
- 1 album (14 photographic prints) : 11.4 x 17.8 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- GEN MSS 1009
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Cyanotypes (photographic prints)
Photograph albums
Photographic prints - Material
- cyanotype, b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
Clinton
Clinton (Conn.)
Hammonasset River (Conn.)
Indian River (Conn.)
Liberty Green (Clinton, Conn.)
Madison (Conn.) - Subject (Name)
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Munroe, Elizabeth.
Parker, Elma Ray Swain, 1894-1971.
Pratt family
Pratt, Clayton Watrous, 1880-1960.
Clinton National Bank (Clinton, Conn.)
Clinton Public Library (Clinton, Conn.)
Methodist Episcopal Church (Clinton, Conn.)
Morgan School (Clinton, Conn.) - Subject (Topic)
- Homes and haunts
- Subjects
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Munroe, Elizabeth
Parker, Elma Ray Swain, 1894-1971
Pratt family > Homes and haunts > Connecticut > Clinton > Pictorial works
Pratt, Clayton Watrous, 1880-1960
Clinton National Bank (Clinton, Conn.) > Pictorial works
Clinton Public Library (Clinton, Conn.) > Pictorial works
Methodist Episcopal Church (Clinton, Conn.) > Pictorial works
Morgan School (Clinton, Conn.) > Pictorial works
Clinton (Conn.) > Pictorial works
Connecticut > Pictorial works
Hammonasset River (Conn.) > Pictorial works
Indian River (Conn.) > Pictorial works
Liberty Green (Clinton, Conn.) > Pictorial works
Madison (Conn.) > Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Elma Ray Swain Parker, Photograph Album of Clinton, Connecticut. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 11707423
- Object ID (OID)
- 15235487
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