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Gift of the children of Richard and Georgette Koopman, 2007.24.270  © 2007 The Connecticut Hist ...
Exterior Views of G. Fox and Co. Building, Main Street, Hartford
Gift of the children of Richard and Georgette Koopman, 2007.24.270 © 2007 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Exterior Views of G. Fox and Co. Building, Main Street, Hartford

Photographer (American, 1877 - 1934)
Date1920-1950
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 10 1/8 x 8 1/4in. (25.7 x 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the children of Richard and Georgette Koopman
Object number2007.24.269-.272
DescriptionViews of the G. Fox & Co. building on Main Street Hartford, including a view of a store window display.

2007.24.269 View of G. Fox & Co. window display filled with merchandise including bicycles, tennis rackets, golf clubs, ice skates, hockey sticks, snowshoes, skies, toboggans, model of a canoe, sweaters, a radio. Signs in the window read "Boys & Girls / win a / Prize / Write an essay / on / Home Lighting", sign in back with a picture of a house reads "$15000 / MODEL ELECTRIC HOME".

2007.24.270-272 Views from various angles of the 11-story brick G. Fox & Co. department store building built in 1918. Views show (.270, .272) automobiles parked in street, (.270) baby carriages parked along sidewalk in front of stores, and (.271) gas pumps by the G. Fox & Co.'s garage. Other businesses visible include (.270) "F.W. WOOLWORTH CO. 5 AND 10 CENT STORE / NOTHING IN THIS STORE OVER 10 CENTS" and (.272) "80 COHEN BROS. 82 [CONF]ECTIONERS 84". Also, (.272) a delivery truck for "Industrial Laundry Co / MECHANICS SERVICE / DRY CLEANING STEAM CLEANING". Advertisements visible include (.272) "WRIGLEY'S / SPEARMINT / THE PERFECT GUM" and (.271) "Buy Christmas Seals / Fight / Tuberculosis" and other advertisements.
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NotesSubject Note: In January, 1917 the G. Fox & Co. building burned down and was rebuilt the next year. (Harbeson 10/16/2007)
Status
Not on view