Flood of 1936
PhotographerPhotographed by
Dechert
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Original OwnerPossibly originally owned by
Vernita Carolyn Haynes
(American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1936
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper, mounted on black paper between red textured cardboard covers stamped with silver and bound with cord run through eyelets and tied in a bow
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 3/8 x 4 1/16in. (6 x 10.3cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 x 5 3/8in. (8.6 x 13.7cm) or smaller
Other (height x width): 5 3/4 x 8 x 1/2in. (14.6 x 20.3 x 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Helene and Fred Voto
Object number2007.57.0
DescriptionViews show downtown Hartford during the flood of 1936. Scenes include the skyline of Hartford from the opposite shore of the Connecticut River, the railroad station, the State Capitol, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Bushnell Park, Asylum Street, High Street, the Hotel Bond, Ann Street, the Pearl Street Unitarian Church, the Telephone Company, Prospect Street, State Street, Talcott Street, Brown School, Market Street, Heimovitch Brothers Furniture Store, and East Hartford Boulevard and other East Hartford locations. Some photographs include leafless trees, automobiles, refugee boats, street lights, and traffic signs. One newspaper clipping shows Hartford Fire Department pumper #1 almost completely submerged in flood waters, another show a Red Cross worker administering cod liver oil to homeless African American children at the State Armory.
Status
Not on view
