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Gift of Mary Jane Converse, 2011.447.27, © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Gustave Newman in front of the Heublein Hotel, Hartford
Gift of Mary Jane Converse, 2011.447.27, © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Gustave Newman in front of the Heublein Hotel, Hartford

Dateabout 1895
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 3/8 x 3 1/4in. (8.6 x 8.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 x 3 1/4in. (8.6 x 8.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 x 5in. (15.2 x 12.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mary Jane Converse
DescriptionA young man wearing a shirt and trousers is standing on the pavement in front of brick building with a striped awning. Another building with louvered shutters and a porch is in the background.
Object number2011.447.27
InscribedOn verso, inscribed in blue ink, "Picture of me / taken in front of storeroom / enterence [sic] where I worked at the / Heublein. The door where everything / for hotel came in [illegible] before / they built the new front."; lower left, in black ink, "Gustave Newman"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Harry O. Converse is the third man from the left. (Finlay 11/19/2011)
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