Corner of the Hartford Trust Company building, 764 Main Street and Central Row, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
J. C. Dexter Photo Company
(American)
Date1908
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
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 number2000.197.30
DescriptionFour-story stone commercial building with plate glass windows on the ground floor, pediments over the second story windows and arched windows on the top floor. There are striped awnings on some windows. Brackets are beneath the roof. Signs read: "Hartford Trust Company" "Olmstead's / Commercial / College / Shorthand / Typewriting / Bookkeeping / Telegraphy" "Thomas J. Spellacy / Attorney / at / Law" "Alexander Harbison / Fire Life / Accident / Liability / Automobile / Insurance / Safety Bonds" "Hubert S. Bullard / Attorney / at Law" "Roy T.H. Barnes" "Mrs. M.L. Smith / Stenographer / and / Copyist / Typewriter / Supplies" "John Hancock / Mutual Life / Ins. Co." "Hyde, Gross & Hyde / Attorneys" "Hubbard / Hyde & Gross / Attoneys" "Gross / Hyde & Shipman / Attorneys" "[Recruiting] Office / U.S. Army" "J.H. White / Attorney at Law" "The / J.E. / Rogers / Loan / and / Investment / Company" "The / Capitol / City / Brick / Co." "A.W. Scoville Architect" "Charles Denison / High Grade / Investment / Securities / Curb Stocks / Stocks / & Bonds / New York / Chicago / Boston" "The Hartford Coal Co." "J.C. Ripley Art Co." "W.C. Mason & Co. / Coal." Fire hydrants and a trolley pole are on the sidewalks. Wires are overhead. An open automobile, a trash can and a horse-drawn carriage are at the right. Several men stand or walk on the sidewalks.
NotesSubject Note: Ella M. Olmstead taught at Olmstead's Commercial College, 756 Main Street. Mrs. Mary L. Smith was a public stenographer and instructor at 2 Central Row, Room 6. Thomas J. Spellacy was a state senator and lawyer at 756 Main Street, Room 41. The partners in Gross, Hyde & Shipman, 750 Main Street, were Charles E. Gross, William Waldo Hyde, Arthur L. Shipman, Charles Welles Gross and Alvan Waldo Hyde. Albert W. Scoville, architect, had offices at 756 Main Street, Room 48. John C. Ripley was the president of the Ripley Art Co., 752 Main Street.Status
Not on view
