Old Fashion Well

Name/Title

Old Fashion Well

Entry/Object ID

POSTCARD.3

Tags

Wells, People, Buckets, Fences, Fields, Handwriting

Description

Colorized photograph on front of postcard depicts a man in an overcoat and a hat standing by an old stone water well and drinking from a white cup. A wooden bucket is sitting on the well and is attached by a chain or rope to a long lever mechanism. The well is believed to be on the estate of Ernest Thompson Seton in Cos Cob, known as Wyndygoul.

Collection

Postcard Collection Houses - Cos Cob - E. T. Seton