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Action Halted as Crossbrackets are Added to the Bottom of the Four Towers
Image Not Available for Action Halted as Crossbrackets are Added to the Bottom of the Four Towers

Action Halted as Crossbrackets are Added to the Bottom of the Four Towers

Date1972
MediumDrawing; black ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 13 5/8 x 21 3/8in. (34.6 x 54.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 5/8 x 21 3/8in. (34.6 x 54.3cm)
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionDrawing of the construction of the Civic Center in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, with a lattice-like network of beams surrounding four towers. Construction workers, materials, and trucks are visible at the site. Hartford buildings are in the background.
Object number2012.284.5039
MarkingsVerso, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto, bottom right, handwritten in black ink: "11:30 JULY 20, 1972 / ACTION HALTED AS CROSSBRACES / ARE ADDED TO THE BOTTOM OF / THE FOUR TOWERS"

Bottom right, handwritten in black ink: AsteriskNotesSubject Note: The Hartford Civic Center was under construction from 1972 to 1975. (Finlay 2/28/2014)
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