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Image Not Available for The Travelers Tower, Hartford, Conn.
The Travelers Tower, Hartford, Conn.
Image Not Available for The Travelers Tower, Hartford, Conn.

The Travelers Tower, Hartford, Conn.

Dateafter 1919
MediumPhotomechanical prints; colored printer's inks on postcard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 1/8 x 3 1/8in. (13 x 7.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (14 x 8.9cm)
Credit LineGift of Claude Albert
DescriptionLarge office building with a tall tower looms over surrounding structures.
Object number2011.498.8
InscribedOn recto, printed in black ink, "THE TRAVELERS TOWER, HARTFORD, CONN. / NEW ENGLAND'S TALLEST BUILDING. / ONE OF THE SEVEN TALLEST BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD."
On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Travelers Tower, which surmounts the the home offices of the Travelers Insurance Company, was completed in 1919 to the designs of Donn Barber. (Finlay 2/3/2012)
On View
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