Construction Work on State Street, Hartford, July 10, 1908
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1908
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 7/8 x 9 13/16in. (20 x 25cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Object number1967.96.119
DescriptionMen in work clothes use crowbars to move a concrete curbstone. Some are blurred from movement. Shovels and a sledgehammer lie nearby. Piles of gravel and paving stones are in the dirt street. A bicycle lies on the ground. A bearded man wearing a suit and a straw hat is at the right. Brick commercial buildings line the street. Signs read: "222 Tulin, To[ft & Tulin] / Wholesale Grocers" ""Domestic / and / Imported / Oils" "Crane & Austin Agricultural Supplies / Engines, Farm Machinery" "Lodging / House / 218 / 10 cts. - 15 cts. - 25 cts." "Salt / & / Salat / Fish" "Williams & Carleton Company" "Agricultural Seed / Fertilizers" Some buildings have striped awnings. Horse-drawn wagons, some with umbrellas, are in the background.
NotesSubject Note: Michael (or Mickel) Balvasano was the proprietor of the lodging house at 218 State Street. Part of a series of photographs taken during the construction of the Bulkeley Bridge. Shaia D. Tulin, Lazarus Toft and Samuel S. Tulin were the partners in Tulin, Toft & Tulin. According to Hartford Jews, a book by Rabbi Morris Silverman, published in 1970, Shaia D. Tulin was born in Homsk, Poland in 1848. He came to the U.S. in 1886 and settled in Colchester where he farmed for ten years. From 1896 to 1916 he was president of Tulin, Toft & Tulin, wholesale grocers. He died in 1938.Status
Not on view
