Hail Stones of the Great Storm of June 20, 1870
Artist
Knowlton Bros.
(American)
Date1870
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 2 15/16 × 5 15/16 inches (7.46 × 15.08 cm)
Mount: 3 5/16 × 6 7/8 inches (8.41 × 17.46 cm)
Mount: 3 5/16 × 6 7/8 inches (8.41 × 17.46 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3753
SignedOn mount verso, center, white label, in black type: "Photographed by KNOWLTON BROTHERS, / Northampton, Mass."
InscribedOn mount recto, lower right, in black type: "Hail Stones, of the great storm of June 20, 1870. / See description the other side";
On mount verso, center, white label, in black type: "HAIL STONES, / Which fell in the great storm of June 20, 1870, at / NORTHAMPTON, MASS., where they were found the / largest of any place on the line of the Storm. Hail / Stones were common which measured form 9 to 12 / inches in circumference, and one measured 10 inches / long, 6 inches wide, and 4 inches thick. This group / represents only the average size, the largest one meas- / uring when taken from the ground, 9 1/8 inches in cir- / cumference."
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George N. Barnard
1864
2005.27.3655
