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Wolcott House

Description

This image shows the "marriage porch: at the Wolcott House, Litchfield, Connecticut, where the squire stood inside at the window and married the eloped couple standing on the porch.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
houses
dwellings
porches
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Nutting studio number 854

Physical Description

2 photographic prints; black-and-white

Collection Code

PC039

Collection Name

Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

Date of Acquisition

1914-12-16

Reference Code

PC039.USCT.01.008

Acquisition Type

Museum Purchase

Date Notes

1914 or earlier

Places

Litchfield (Litchfield county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Originator

Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

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