Temporary Tower, Main and Morgan Streets, Hartford, October 1900
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 3/8 x 4 9/16in. (16.2 x 11.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA woman with two small girls stands near a wooden structure painted to look like a ruined stone tower or abutment. All wear elaborate hats. The girls wear black stockings and high button shoes. The tower is surrounded by weeds and wires. Men in workclothes and overalls are at the left. Some hold shovels. One has a wheelbarrow. A trolley car and utility poles are in the background. A brick commercial building at the right is decorated with an American flag. A sign reads: "Seeds".
Object number2000.171.198
InscribedOn verso, at top left in red ink, "58572" [Connecticut Historical Society Library number]; in center in black ink, "Lincourt [?] tower, / Main and Morgan sts, / Oct 00". Accession number inscribed in pencil.On View
Not on view
