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Image Not Available for Men Playing Checkers at Hillyer Institute
Men Playing Checkers at Hillyer Institute
Image Not Available for Men Playing Checkers at Hillyer Institute

Men Playing Checkers at Hillyer Institute

Dateearly 20th century
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 3/8 x 9 1/4in. (18.7 x 23.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 7/8 x 9 3/4in. (20 x 24.8cm)
Credit LineGift of the YMCA of Greater Hartford
DescriptionMen are seated at long wooden folding tables in a large room. Game boards, apparently checkerboards, and checkers are on the table. Other men stand behind the players, looking over their shoulders. A sign over a door reads "HILLYER INSTITUTE / EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT". A clock is on the wall at the left. Electric light fixtures hang from the ceiling.
Object number2006.109.1
InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: The Hillyer Institute was founded in 1893 to provide training for the young working men of Hartford. Originally part of the YMCA, it eventually became Hillyer College, a part of the University of Hartford. (Finlay 3/24/2011)
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