Exterior Views of G. Fox and Co. Building, Main Street, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
William G. Dudley
American, 1877 - 1934
PhotographerPhotographed by
W. F. Miller & Co.
Date1920-1950
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 10 1/8 x 8 1/4in. (25.7 x 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the children of Richard and Georgette Koopman
DescriptionViews of the G. Fox & Co. building on Main Street Hartford, including a view of a store window display.
2007.24.269 View of G. Fox & Co. window display filled with merchandise including bicycles, tennis rackets, golf clubs, ice skates, hockey sticks, snowshoes, skies, toboggans, model of a canoe, sweaters, a radio. Signs in the window read "Boys & Girls / win a / Prize / Write an essay / on / Home Lighting", sign in back with a picture of a house reads "$15000 / MODEL ELECTRIC HOME".
2007.24.270-272 Views from various angles of the 11-story brick G. Fox & Co. department store building built in 1918. Views show (.270, .272) automobiles parked in street, (.270) baby carriages parked along sidewalk in front of stores, and (.271) gas pumps by the G. Fox & Co.'s garage. Other businesses visible include (.270) "F.W. WOOLWORTH CO. 5 AND 10 CENT STORE / NOTHING IN THIS STORE OVER 10 CENTS" and (.272) "80 COHEN BROS. 82 [CONF]ECTIONERS 84". Also, (.272) a delivery truck for "Industrial Laundry Co / MECHANICS SERVICE / DRY CLEANING STEAM CLEANING". Advertisements visible include (.272) "WRIGLEY'S / SPEARMINT / THE PERFECT GUM" and (.271) "Buy Christmas Seals / Fight / Tuberculosis" and other advertisements.
2007.24.269 View of G. Fox & Co. window display filled with merchandise including bicycles, tennis rackets, golf clubs, ice skates, hockey sticks, snowshoes, skies, toboggans, model of a canoe, sweaters, a radio. Signs in the window read "Boys & Girls / win a / Prize / Write an essay / on / Home Lighting", sign in back with a picture of a house reads "$15000 / MODEL ELECTRIC HOME".
2007.24.270-272 Views from various angles of the 11-story brick G. Fox & Co. department store building built in 1918. Views show (.270, .272) automobiles parked in street, (.270) baby carriages parked along sidewalk in front of stores, and (.271) gas pumps by the G. Fox & Co.'s garage. Other businesses visible include (.270) "F.W. WOOLWORTH CO. 5 AND 10 CENT STORE / NOTHING IN THIS STORE OVER 10 CENTS" and (.272) "80 COHEN BROS. 82 [CONF]ECTIONERS 84". Also, (.272) a delivery truck for "Industrial Laundry Co / MECHANICS SERVICE / DRY CLEANING STEAM CLEANING". Advertisements visible include (.272) "WRIGLEY'S / SPEARMINT / THE PERFECT GUM" and (.271) "Buy Christmas Seals / Fight / Tuberculosis" and other advertisements.
Object number2007.24.269-.272
Markings2007.24.269 Photographer's mark stamped on verso in purple ink, "W.F. MILLER & CO. / COMMERCIAL / PHOTOGRAPHERS / HARTFORD, CONN."2007.24.272 Photographer's mark stamped on verso in black ink, "WILLIAM G. DUDLEY / Commerical Photography / 902 Main St. Hartford, Conn."
Inscribed2007.24.272 handwritten in pencil on verso, "G Fox & Co"NotesSubject Note: In January, 1917 the G. Fox & Co. building burned down and was rebuilt the next year. (Harbeson 10/16/2007)
Subject Terms
- G. Fox & Co.
- Brown, Thomson & Co. (Hartford, Conn.)
- Commercial buildings
- Department stores
- Automobiles
- Trucks
- Signs and signboards
- Main Street (Hartford, Conn.)
- Display of merchandise
- Central business districts
- F.W. Woolworth Company
- Sporting goods
- Confectioners
- Gelatin Silver Prints
- Hartford
- G. Fox & Co. Collection
- Koopman Family Collection
Collections
- G. Fox & Co.
On View
Not on view
mid 20th century
1880-1917