Main Street (West Side) Looking South Towards Baptist
DateProbably 1898
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper mounted on lined wove notebook paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 9/16 x 6 13/16in. (11.6 x 17.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/2 x 8in. (26.7 x 20.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/2 x 8in. (26.7 x 20.3cm)
Credit LineBequest of Ada Louise Taylor
DescriptionFrame and brick commercial buildings line a city street. Some buildings have overhanging cornices, louvered shutters, awnings and shop windows. Signs read: "KELLER BRO[THERS] / DRY & FANCY [GOODS] / CLOAKS, SUITS..." "The / HOT... / Boud...? / THE HILSON CO. / MAKERS, N.Y." "ANTIQUE[S]" "BRUCKERS FRENCH [BAKERY]" "REMOVAL SALE / The Entire Stock Must Be Sold Before... / REGARDLESS OF COST" "KELLERS DRY GOODS" "REMOVAL SALE / FURNITURE COST PRICES" "CATHOLIC BOOK STORE" "UNDERTAKER" "IMPERIAL" "ALEX SMITH / HARNESS / REPAIRING / OF ALL KINDS". Utilitity poles and wires line the paved sidewalks. A street light, apparently a gaslight, hangs from a pulley. Trolley tracks are in the road. Barrels and snow are near the curb. Horse-drawn vehicles are in the left background. The steeple in the distance is part of the South Baptist Church. A leafless tree is in the left foreground.
Object number1956.84.196
InscribedRecto, inscribed in black ink, upper margin: "C.H.S. / SAMUEL TAYLOR COLL."; lower margin, in a different hand: "Main Street (West side)"; in a different hand: "looking south towards Baptist Ch."Verso, inscribed in black ink: "Main Street (west side)"; acession number inscribed in pencil, lower right.NotesSubject Note: Daniel F. Keller and Edward F. Keller were the partners in Keller Bros.; they sold dry goods at 579 Main Street. According the the Hartford City Directory, Charles F. Brucker operated a bakery at 545 Main Street in 1898. Alexander Smith was a harnessmaker at 523 Main Street.
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