Main Street, Hartford, Looking South from State Street
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1914
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 3/4 x 9in. (19.7 x 22.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 7/8 x 9in. (20 x 22.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 7/8 x 9in. (20 x 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionCommercial buildings line a paved city street. Electric street lights, utility poles, trash cans, and a police or fire callbox are on the paved sidewalks. Men and women walk on the sidewalks. The trees at the left are in front of the Old State House. A kiosk is nearby. Trolley tracks are in the road, and trolley wires are overhead. An open trolley and several horse-drawn vehicles are in the background. A street sign at the right reads: "ASYLUM". Signs on buildings read: "ERICHSON & MCLEAN. / DENTISTS. / ENTRANCE", "LAW OFFICES / OF / T.H. MALTBIE / W.M. MALTBIE", and "CITY BANK OF HARTFORD". Scaffolding where a building is under construction and the spires of the Center Congregational Church and the South Baptist Church are visible in the distance. A manhole cover and numerous puddles, presumably from a recent rain storm, are in the road in the foreground.
Object number2000.171.190
InscribedOn recto, inscribed in black ink, lower left, "Hartford Electric Light Co. 1914".On verso, inscribed in pencil, "Main Street, looking South from / corner of State St. / (summer scene: note open trolley)". In another hand, "neg. 936". In yet another hand, "Geer's Hartford City Directory / 1915. / Maltbie and Maltbie, ATTS, 3 Asylum / Hartford Electric 266 Pearl". Accession number inscribed in pencil, lower right.
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J. C. Dexter Photo Company
1908
