Blizzard of 12 March 1888, Hartford, near Aetna Insurance Company Building
PhotographerPhotographed by
John Orgill
Anglo-American, 1852 - 1930
Date1888
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 x 9in. (12.7 x 22.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 x 9in. (12.7 x 22.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 x 9in. (12.7 x 22.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 x 9in. (12.7 x 22.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 x 9in. (12.7 x 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionThree women stand in a city street between huge piles of snow. In the background, a group of men and horse-drawn vehicles may be involved in snow removal. A man, blurred from motion, appears to be shoveling snow at the left. Commercial buildings, leafless trees, and an iron fence line the street. Signs read "City Hotel / Hack, Board, Feed / Livery Stable" "Stencil Plates" "Crane / Dentist". The Cheney Block is visible in the distance.
Object number2013.30.2
InscribedOn verso, right, in blue ink, "Blizzard of / March 12 1888 / Hartford / Aetna Ins Co Bldg" / "E. S. Geer / May '44" [crossed out] / "E. Selden Geer / October 1964"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberOn View
Not on view
