Photographic Exhibition
A few years ago, a box of 5”x 8” glass photographic negatives was discovered in a local curio shop.
They were interleaved with bits of newspaper dated 1892 and featuring advertisements of Winsted
businesses. This exhibition includes prints made from these negatives as well as photographic
equipment of the period, along with descriptions and examples of various photographic processes
used at the time, including daguerreotype, ambrotype, and tintype.
The photographs depict groups of people, street and rural scenes, horse and buggy, as well as an
imposing house. The first visitor to the exhibition who can establish the identity of the people in
the photographs as well as the locale and house will win a cash prize of $100 and a set of prints.
The exhibition is curated by Stewart Pollens, formerly Conservator at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A few years ago, a box of 5”x 8” glass photographic negatives was discovered in a local curio shop.
They were interleaved with bits of newspaper dated 1892 and featuring advertisements of Winsted
businesses. This exhibition includes prints made from these negatives as well as photographic
equipment of the period, along with descriptions and examples of various photographic processes
used at the time, including daguerreotype, ambrotype, and tintype.
The photographs depict groups of people, street and rural scenes, horse and buggy, as well as an
imposing house. The first visitor to the exhibition who can establish the identity of the people in
the photographs as well as the locale and house will win a cash prize of $100 and a set of prints.
The exhibition is curated by Stewart Pollens, formerly Conservator at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
