Stone Acres Photographs - General

Name/Title

Stone Acres Photographs - General

Entry/Object ID

2018.203.023

Description

A collection of photographs of Stone Acres Farm from the early 20th century to the late 20th century. -eleven photographs developed from glass plate negatives of the grounds and a few interiors of Stone Acres around 1910. Eugene Edwards is pictured, as well as a large family dog. -page from a scrapbook of children playing at Stone Acres near the livestock. Photographs taken c. 1930 -smaller scrapbook page in protective sheet showing the grounds of Stone Acres, undated. One is a long shot of the garden with the greenhouse in the back, one is of the trellises in or near the greenhouse, one is of the front of the home all covered in vines, and the back one is of a child in a pasture with a baby cow. -photograph of the garden with greenhouse in the background, 1914 -photograph of the Stone Acres home in the snow, undated -two photographs of flowers blooming on the trellis near the greenhouse, undated -Three women sitting at a kitchen table. Back reads: Mrs. McGowan, Julia Gaffney and Emily Florop. Photograph taken by Robert P. Anderson, Jr. 1947 -photograph of the Stone Acres house in 1948 -a view across the cove, back reads: Stoneacres Farm in distance, stonington -photograph of the Stone Acres delivery truck. Back reads: Helen A. Paffard delivered milk during World War II -photograph of a man and woman near some farm equipment outside, undated -two women holding bouquets standing beside a man in a grey suit inside Stone Acres. Back reads: Julia Gafney, Charles Gavitt and Emily at Freddy's wedding 1961 - people who worked for Dr. Paffard -slide of the front of Stone Acres -photograph of the front of Stone Acres taken in 1969 -seven photographs of the grounds of Stone Acres and the flower beds. Undated but probably taken in the 1970s -a photograph of night blooming flowers at Stone Acres -three men and a young boy working on unloading hay at Stone Acres, c. 1980s -postcard showing the night blooming flowers that bloomed at Stone Acres

Collection

Anderson Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1914 - 1980

Place

Location

Stonington CT