Hartford residents on annual trip to New York City
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1905-1910
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 1/8 x 8 1/4in. (13 x 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Object number1986.32.5
DescriptionDriver in uniform and passengers in electric bus parked at the side of a New York City street. All of the women wear elaborate hats. One woman wears a veil. A second uniformed man sits behind the driver. Signs on the side of the vehicle read: "No. 6" "Green Car Sight Seeing Service / B'way & 23rd St. / Hotel Bartholdi." Inscribed on back: "Back row (4 women R-L) Anna Burns, Alice and Agnes (best friends of Burns) / Dungan, Mary Burns (twin sister of Anna) on annual trip/ to NYC over Labor Day weekend. $10.00 each per room, meals & transportation. Circa 1905-10 (They would have been 19-23)."
NotesSubject Note: Anna and Mary Burns were both stenographers who worked at the Electric Vehicle Co., 1 Laurel Street, Hartford. They lived together at 27 Irving Street. Agnes and Alice Dungan were also stenographers at the Electric Vehicle Co. they lived at 78 Morris Street.Status
Not on view
George B. Burns
Connecticut Advisory School Health Council
February 18, 1960
