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Title	Aetna Life employees at Pop Merritt's dinner.
Place	Hartford County (Conn.)
Topic	Industrial recreation Insurance companies -- Employees
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Aetna Life Insurance Company (Hartford, Conn.)
Theme	Lifestyle
Description	Group of men sit and stand among weeds in front of a small vertical-boarded wooden building, possibly a shed or cabin. Some men have beards or mustaches. Some wear eyeglasses. Some smoke pipes or cigars. Two wear aprons. One wears what appears to be a chef's hat. Several wear vests with watch chains. Inscribed on back: "Aetna Life Employees at Pop Merritt's dinner." "7. George Holcomb... / 10. Newell... / 15. Joel English / 16. C.E. Gilbert / 17. M.B. Brainard / 18. 'Pop' Merritt / 19. Bushnell." Other numbers are listed but spaces following are blank.<br>
Notes	George 'Pop' Merritt joined Aetna Life shortly after his return from the Civil War. He was famous for his cooking and for hosting dinners. He lived in Hartford at the corner of Kenyon Street and Fern Street. <br>Dinners were held at the week-end cabins on Talcott Mountain, the Brainard Farm on Albany Avenue, and once or twice at the Spring Brook Ice Company pond in Wethersfield. <br>
Date created	[193-]
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 20 x 25 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1959.39.3<br>File name 2480 img0084.pcd<br>
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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