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Image Not Available for Main Street with Banner Honoring "Veteran Soldiers and Sailors".
Main Street with Banner Honoring "Veteran Soldiers and Sailors".
Image Not Available for Main Street with Banner Honoring "Veteran Soldiers and Sailors".

Main Street with Banner Honoring "Veteran Soldiers and Sailors".

Photographer (American, 1833 - 1915)
Date1876-1885
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 6 1/8in. (10.2 x 15.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 6 1/8in. (10.2 x 15.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 1/4 x 6 1/2in. (10.8 x 16.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionAn archway decorated with American flags, an American eagle, garlands, and banners spans a city street. Signs at either end read: "HONORING SOLDIERS / SAILORS". Some flags are blurred from movement. Commercial buildings, many of them decorated with flags or bunting, line the street. Signs read: "R. DOUTHWAITE / BASS & CO'S / CELEBRATED ENGLISH / & OTHER ALES WINES / CIGARS, TOBACCO &C" "CITY / HOTEL / BOARD, FEED & LIVERY / STABLE" "COOL / LAGER" "CENTENNIAL AMERICAN TEA [CO.]" The church on the left, with an Ionic portico, a tall spire with elaborate columns, cornices, balustrades and vases, is the Center Congregational Church. Horse-drawn vehicles are on the dirt street.
Object number2002.171.126
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