[Memorial to infant John Thomas Harmon, age 20 months and to 63 year old Arminta M. Thomas]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Memorial to infant John Thomas Harmon, age 20 months and to 63 year old Arminta M. Thomas]
1891
Albumen silver print and chromolithograph
Image: 65 x 35 cm
Frame: 78 x 47.5 cm
Purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, ex-collection Walter A. Johnson, 2010
2010.1320.0038
Inscriptions recto, printed: In fond remembrance of John Thomas Harmon, / died Aug. 30, 1891; Aged 20 Months. / Arminta M. Thomas, / Died Mar. 2, 1890; Aged 63 Y., 7M., 8 D.
recto (printed): We loved them, yes, we loved them, / But Angels loved them more, / And they have sweetly called them / To yonder shining shore. / The golden gates were opened, / A gentle voice said 'come' ! / And with farewells unspoken, They calmly entered home.
recto (printed): We loved them, yes, we loved them, / But Angels loved them more, / And they have sweetly called them / To yonder shining shore. / The golden gates were opened, / A gentle voice said 'come' ! / And with farewells unspoken, They calmly entered home.
