Historic ‘Eaton Photos’ By Late Bloomfield Resident Now Online

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Historical Society of Bloomfield (HSOB) recently updated and expanded its website to include photos taken in Europe by the late tonalist painter and Bloomfield resident Charles Warren Eaton (1857-1937).

According to the HSOB, the expansion includes a section titled “Photo-Painting Pairings” that matches an Eaton painting to its original photograph.

The society stated:

“Bloomfield Councilman and HSOB Trustee Richard Rockwell painstakingly scanned, organized, researched and created an online home for approximately 1,300 acetate photograph negatives that were donated to the HSOB in 1975 by Priscilla Polkinghorn, whose father was a good friend of Eaton’s. When Eaton died, he left his estate to her, including the negatives, 500 paintings and other property. Eaton is buried in Bloomfield Cemetery.”

The historical society added:

“Eaton often based his landscape paintings on the photographs he took of his travels abroad circa 1900–1925. These negatives survived and the beautiful photographs are now available for viewing at www.charleswarreneaton.org and www.HSOB.org.”

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