Hartford Circus Fire: Walter Orzechowski and Others outside Smoking Ruins
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
DateJuly 6, 1944
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/4 x 4 1/2in. (8.3 x 11.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 4 3/4in. (8.9 x 12.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 4 3/4in. (8.9 x 12.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Craig Hotchkiss
DescriptionTwo young men, one of them wearing a beaked cap, stand in the foreground. Two firemen in uniform are at the right. Another man, apparently wearing a military uniform, is at the left. Water shoots from a fire hose at the right. Smoke rises from bleachers, visible in the left background. Trailers are in the right background.
Object number2011.216.7
On View
Not on viewJuly 6, 1944
July 6, 1944