Weir Farm: Art & a Working Landscape
A selected, source-based research collection for New Haven and Fairfield counties. Includes credited photographs where reusable images were located, historical interpretation and links to supporting records. It is a growing inventory, not an exhaustive survey. Photographs retain their individual dates and reuse terms; images do not establish present access conditions.

id: CT056-S01
title: National Park Service: Weir Farm history
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source reviewed September 2026
institution: Weir Farm: Art & a Working Landscape
summary: Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. Artists’ studios, farm buildings and ordinary work shaped an influential Connecticut landscape.
url: https://www.nps.gov/wefa/learn/historyculture/index.htm
credit: National Park Service
notes: External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
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id: CT056-S02
title: National Park Service: buildings and landscapes
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source reviewed September 2026
institution: Weir Farm: Art & a Working Landscape
summary: Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. Artists’ studios, farm buildings and ordinary work shaped an influential Connecticut landscape.
url: https://www.nps.gov/wefa/learn/historyculture/places.htm
credit: National Park Service
notes: External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
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id: CT056-P01
title: Weir Farm National Historic Site - front of the house
kind: Photographs
date: 2014-07-18 12:00:49
institution: Weir Farm: Art & a Working Landscape
summary: Weir Farm National Historic Site, 735 Nod Hill Road Wilton and Ridgefield
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weir_Farm_National_Historic_Site_-_front_of_the_house.jpg
credit: Ser Amantio di Nicolao / CC BY-SA 3.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 3.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image.
file: images/weir-35143351.jpg
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id: CT056-P02
title: Weir Farm National Historic Site - Weir Farmhouse rear
kind: Photographs
date: 2014-07-18 12:20:54
institution: Weir Farm: Art & a Working Landscape
summary: Weir Farm National Historic Site, 735 Nod Hill Road Wilton and Ridgefield
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weir_Farm_National_Historic_Site_-_Weir_Farmhouse_rear.jpg
credit: Ser Amantio di Nicolao / CC BY-SA 3.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 3.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image.
file: images/weir-35143590.jpg
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id: CT056-P03
title: Weir Farm National Historic Site - Weir Studio, Young Studio behind, from corner of Weir Farmhouse
kind: Photographs
date: 2014-07-18 12:03:34
institution: Weir Farm: Art & a Working Landscape
summary: Weir Farm National Historic Site, 735 Nod Hill Road Wilton and Ridgefield
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weir_Farm_National_Historic_Site_-_Weir_Studio,_Young_Studio_behind,_from_corner_of_Weir_Farmhouse.jpg
credit: Ser Amantio di Nicolao / CC BY-SA 3.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 3.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image.
file: images/weir-35143611.jpg
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id: CT056-P04
title: Weir Farm National Historic Site - Weir Farmhouse, bench on porch
kind: Photographs
date: 2014-07-18 13:19:21
institution: Weir Farm: Art & a Working Landscape
summary: Weir Farm National Historic Site, 735 Nod Hill Road Wilton and Ridgefield
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weir_Farm_National_Historic_Site_-_Weir_Farmhouse,_bench_on_porch.jpg
credit: Ser Amantio di Nicolao / CC BY-SA 3.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 3.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. 500px web thumbnail after source throttled larger image.
file: images/weir-35143593.jpg
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id: ED-C-image-pass-004
title: A path leads out into a field toward the house and studios. (2b13c7ee-155d-451f-675e-2ae63bb151fb)
kind: Photographs
date: 2010-07-16
institution: Weir Farm: Art & a Working Landscape
summary: Stone wall, field and curving path at Weir Farm. A path and stone wall frame the field leading toward Weir Farm's house and studios.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_path_leads_out_into_a_field_toward_the_house_and_studios._(2b13c7ee-155d-451f-675e-2ae63bb151fb).jpg
credit: National Park Service / National Park Service via Wikimedia Commons
notes: Modern landscape context. House/studios are not prominently visible; use landscape caption. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: PD-US-NPS
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id: ED-C-image-pass-005
title: A close view of one of the many stone walls at Weir Farm NHP. (2b1bc209-155d-451f-6744-f862847c7a11)
kind: Photographs
date: 2010-07-16
institution: Weir Farm: Art & a Working Landscape
summary: Close-up of a dry-stone wall at Weir Farm. Close view of a Weir Farm stone wall, a surviving feature of its agricultural landscape.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_close_view_of_one_of_the_many_stone_walls_at_Weir_Farm_NHP._(2b1bc209-155d-451f-6744-f862847c7a11).JPG
credit: National Park Service / National Park Service via Wikimedia Commons
notes: Matches catalog subject. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: PD-US-NPS
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title: Chickens at Julian Alden Weir's Branchville farm, Weir Studio in background. circa 1892 (19a15036-155d-451f-678c-13e920b80aa8)
kind: Photographs
date: circa 1892
institution: Weir Farm: Art & a Working Landscape
summary: People feed chickens at Julian Alden Weir's Branchville farm, with the studio in the background.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chickens_at_Julian_Alden_Weir%27s_Branchville_farm,_Weir_Studio_in_background._circa_1892_(19a15036-155d-451f-678c-13e920b80aa8).jpg
credit: National Park Service historic image collection; original photographer unidentified / National Park Service via Wikimedia Commons
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Commons date field July 16, 2010 conflicts with historic subject and description circa 1892. Treat 2010 as digital record date, not photograph date. NPS government-work template alone does not establish authorship of an acquired historical photograph. Reuse: PD asserted by Commons; verify historic original
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id: ED-C-image-pass-007
title: Rowing on Weir Pond (19faefb5-155d-451f-677e-9c16959c46a3)
kind: Photographs
date: Undated historical photograph
institution: Weir Farm: Art & a Working Landscape
summary: Two women in a boat on Weir Pond; the scene links the preserved landscape to leisure at the farm.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rowing_on_Weir_Pond_(19faefb5-155d-451f-677e-9c16959c46a3).jpg
credit: National Park Service historic image collection; original photographer unidentified / National Park Service via Wikimedia Commons
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Do not use Commons July 16, 2010 field as the original photograph's date. Verify original date and rights in NPS metadata before publishing. Reuse: PD asserted by Commons; verify historic original
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