Finn family photographs

00-2018-54-0

File

Identifier: 00-2018-54-0

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Finn family, Richard and Virginia, and their son, mostly on Bantam Lake. A few show their business, The Lamplighter.

Dates

Creation: about 1940s-early 1960s

Creator

Finn family (Family)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical / Historical

Richard Thomas Finn (1911-1966) was the proprietor of the Lamp Lighter in New Preston section of Washington, CT. Born in Torrington, son of Edward and Marion Thomas Finn, he lived in Litchfield and Bantam most of his life, moving to Washington about 1964. He atttended school in Waterbury and New Haven. He married Virginia Dahlen Finn (1919-1983) and they a son, Peter Thomas Finn.