Museum purchase, 1995.36.1191 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

G. Fox Department Store Construction

PhotographerPhotographed by William G. Dudley American, 1877 - 1934

Date1917

MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass

DimensionsPlate (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionThe beginning of construction on the new G. Fox and Company Department Store building on Main Street in Hartford in 1917. The intersection of Main and Church Streets is in the foreground. On the east side of Main Street, staging is placed at street level and extends upward to first-floor height. Men carrying a long plank walk along the top of the staging. Other men, horses, wagons, and building materials are visible at street level. A sign along the top of the staging reads "JAMES STEWART & CO. INC / CONTRACTORS / 30 Church St. New York". The Brown Thomson Department Store building is in the right background.

Object number1995.36.1191

MarkingsPrinted on a label in the bottom is, "FOX DEPARTMENT STORE / HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT / CASS GILBERT, ARCHITECT / JAMES STEWART & CO. INC / CONTRACTORS / DATE May 8th 1917".

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