243 State Street, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
F. D. Berry
Date1890-1900
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on card
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/2 x 4 1/4in. (19.1 x 10.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 7in. (25.4 x 17.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 7in. (25.4 x 17.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineBequest of Ada Louise Taylor
DescriptionBrick commercial building in dilapidated condition. The sign above the door is illegible. Signs stenciled on either side of the double door read: "243." A cellar hatchway is at the right. Wires run from a utility pole to a box on the wall to a window. A bearded man is at an open window. Some windows are broken. A paved sidewalk is beside the dirt street. A carriage with a fringed top is at the right. A horse, blurred from movement, is at the left.
Object number1956.84.141
MarkingsInscribedOn verso, at top in blue ink: "No 243 State Street in which I went as a / clerk to Watkinson & Bartholomew in 1849 / and it was then a very old building. S Taylor. / Here I began my business career. It is on the / South side of State Street the third above / Commerce Street. Torn down in 1895."
In same hand in black ink: "In 1849 Robert Watkinson & Geo M Bartholomew / composed the firm and William Wallace Jones / & myself were clerks."
In pencil: "8".
In different hand, in black ink: "C. H. S. / SAMUEL TAYLOR COLL."
NotesHistorical Note: The inscription on the back of the photograph was probably done by Samuel Taylor, talking about himself as clerk for Watkinson & Bartholomew. Watkinson & Bartholomew were cotton manufacturers, located at 111 State Street in 1851.
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