Eastern end of Gold Street before widening, Hartford.
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Datebefore 1899
Medium1 photographic print
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 7/8 x 9 13/16in. (20 x 25cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2000.189.9
DescriptionTwo African American women and an African American girl stand in front of a 2 - story brick and frame house at the left. A clothesline, barrels and a pile of refuse are in the yard. The steeple of Center Congregational Church is visible at upper left. On the right, a well-dressed man African American man stands in the doorway of a substantial brick building. Two-horse drawn wagons are parked in front of this building. A third horse-drawn wagon is in the middle of the street with a young Caucasian man in a long white coat standing in it. A sign farther down the street advertises "Lager Beer," at E. J. Sheehan's saloon, which faces Main Street. A sign reading "Aetna Life Accident Dept." is visible in the window of a building on the opposite side of Main Street. Snow is on the ground.
Status
Not on view
