Clark and Company, corner of Front and Ferry Streets, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1885
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/2 x 9 1/16in. (19 x 23cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Object number2000.197.8
DescriptionSeven men in front of brick building with smokestack with signs "Ezra Clark & Co" and "Clark & Co." Advertising signs say "Iron, Steel, Axles, & c." "Rims, hubs, spokes, shafts, wheels / fire brick vises, bellows, bolts, chains". One of the men is in a horse-drawn wagon. Three men are near advertising sign on left. Wheels and components are in front of the building.
NotesSubject Note: Front Street iron store owned by the Clark family prior to 1844, it became known as the Ezra Clark & Company from around 1850 to 1875. They were dealers in iron and steel, carriage components and anvils, firebrick. It then became Clark and Company, owned by George H. Clark and Lester L. Ensworth. Ensworth was sole owner by 1892. The company became L. L. Ensworth & Son in 1901.Status
Not on view
