Former West India Storehouse of Eliphalet & Roderic[k] Terry, corner of State Street and Commerce Street, Hartford.
PhotographerPhotographed by
F. D. Berry
Date1865-1867
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/4 x 7 1/2in. (10.8 x 19.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 x 8 3/4in. (17.8 x 22.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 x 8 3/4in. (17.8 x 22.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineBequest of Ada Louise Taylor
DescriptionFrame and brick warehouse at the right has a portion with a gambrel roof, an exterior staircase and sign that read: "Fertilizers" "N.Lyman / salt. 260" "Southern." "R.Terry & Co." The Connecticut River is in the right background. Buildings at the left have signs that read: "Coal / Office" "M.W.Chapin" "Levi Sti[les]" Men stand near horse-drawn wagons in a rutted dirt street. A utility pole and street light are nearby.
Object number1956.84.144
InscribedOn verso, held lengthwise from top to bottom: in ink, "The West India storehouse of Eliphalet & Roderic / Terry at the foot of State Street North side & facing the / Wharf, [next in different hand] built before 1830." "STATE ST, cor. COMMERCE". In black ink: "C.H.S. / SAMUEL TAYLOR COLL." In pencil: "taken / ca. 1867" "(Note advt. for SOUTHERN -Shakespeare / play comup.)" "Chapin & Burr / Comm. Merch. & forwarders, 75 Ferry / C.D first 1867-8 / Albert D. Chapin & Francis W. Burr" "M.W.Chapin, coal, 124 Commerce St. 1st C.D.1866" "Sign below N.LYMAN / SALT 260 reads: 'R.TERRY [&] CO' / Roderick & Roderick, Jr. from (CD) 1842 / to ";in different hand, in pencil, "NEG#140A".
NotesSubject Notes: Normand Lyman had a salt store at 260 State Street. M.W.Chapin sold coal at 124 Commerce Street, and was listed in a later directory both at this address, and in an advertisement at 256 State Street. Levi Stiles was a saddler with several different addresses on State Street.
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