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Scenes in Hartford

PhotographerPhotographed by Unknown

PhotographerPhotographed by Sid Lane American

PhotographerPhotographed by Jack Taylor American

PublisherPublished by Artvue Post Card Co. American

PrinterPrinted by Dexter Press, Inc. American

PublisherPublished by Capitol Novelty Co. American

PublisherPublished by Chapin News Company American

PublisherPublished by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc. American

PublisherPublished by Danziger & Berman

PublisherPublished by Natural Color Cards Co. American

PublisherPublished by Raphael Tuck & Sons

PublisherPublished by Souvenir Post Card Co. American

PublisherPublished by Tichnor Bros., Inc. American

PublisherPublished by William Kahn Company American

PublisherPublished by George E. Wright 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".

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