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2002.25.14
Scenes in Hartford
2002.25.14

Scenes in Hartford

PhotographerPhotographed by Sid Lane American
PhotographerPhotographed by Jack Taylor American
Date1905-1956
MediumPhotomechanical prints; colored printer's inks on postcards
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width; some smaller): 3 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (8.9 x 14cm)
Sheet (height): 3 1/2in. (8.9cm)
Sheet (height): 5 1/2in. (14cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Miriam Epstein
DescriptionGroup of postcards bearing scenes of major landmarks in Hartford, including the old Hartford covered bridge, the Bulkeley Bridge, the Charter Oak Bridge, the Harriet Beecher Stowe house, the Mark Twain house, Main Street, Trinity College, the Connecticut State Capitol, St. Joseph's Cathedral, Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Company, Connecticut Mutual Insurance Company, Travelers Insurance Companuy, the Y.M.C.A. building, the Hotel Statler, the Old State House, the Bushnell Memorial, the Samuel Colt monument in Colt Park, the Soldiers and Sailors Arch, and the Connecticut River. Two views are night scenes.
Object number2002.25.1-.33
MarkingsSome postcards bear U.S. post office cancellation stamps. Some bear postage stamps.InscribedSome postcards have handwritten messages on the recto or verso. 2002.25.1 is inscribed in black ink: "Sept. 17 / 1905 / I well / remember / the morn / after this / bridge [the Old Hartford covered bridge] / was burned. / We were living in / Manchester / then. Wyatt / and Tain- / tor with / some / other boys / walked / to see its / ruins / were very / tired when they / got home at eve. / Love Aunt Ella".
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    2002.33.4
    Unknown
    1920-1970
    Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2003.150.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known…
    O.H. Bailey and Company
    Gift of Newton C. Brainard, 1952.105.3  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    O.H. Bailey and Company
    1877
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2014.50.59  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    H. Ford Aiken
    1900-1940
    Front of 2002.28.4
    Capitol Novelty Co.
    1930-1945
    Gift of Robert B. and Myrle B. Goodman, 2012.476.1 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    The Travelers Insurance Company
    Plate
    Staffordshire potteries
    about 1903