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Image Not Available for Circus Parade with Horses, Main Street, Hartford
Circus Parade with Horses, Main Street, Hartford
Image Not Available for Circus Parade with Horses, Main Street, Hartford

Circus Parade with Horses, Main Street, Hartford

Date1898
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 11/16 x 4 9/16in. (9.4 x 11.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 11/16 x 4 9/16in. (9.4 x 11.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 3/16 x 5 1/4in. (10.6 x 13.3cm)
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionA circus parade, including people in costume on horseback and a large circus wagon, is watched by crowds of people. Horse-drawn vehicles, including loaded wagons and stagecoaches, Signs on commercial buildings in the background read: "WAR SCENES" "STENCIL PLATES" "SHIRT MANUFACTORY" "CRANE / DENTIST" "CITY DIRECTORY" "STEAM JOB PRINTING."
Object number2011.63.43
InscribedOn verso, lower left, in pencil, accession numberNotesDate Note: 2011.64.43 is dated "ca. 1898." (Finlay 3/7/2012)

Subject Note: Photograph taken across from the Old State House on Main Street, Hartford, looking north toward businesses on State Street. (Ruocco, 3/3/2012)
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