Rossia Insurance Company Construction Site, December 30, 1913
Date1913
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionThe Rossia Insurance Company building at 1565 Broad Street on the corner of Farmington Avenue in Hartford is under construction, surrounded by scaffolding and construction equipment. The intersection of Broad Street and Farmington Avenue is visible in the foreground. A construction company shed is visible at the front of the construction site with the following painted on it: "Chas. B. Andrus & Son Hartford Conn. General Building Contractors". A large pile of dirt, apparently with snow on it, is beside the shed. Trolley tracks are visible running along Farmington Avenue.
Object number1995.36.1452
InscribedOn glass, lower left, in black ink, "Dec. 30th 1913".NotesSubject Note: This is one in a chronological sequence of photographs of Rossia Insurance Company building at 1565 Broad Street on the corner of Farmington Avenue in Hartford.On View
Not on view