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Image Not Available for Summer school, Hillyer Institute, Y.M.C.A., Hartford, 1906.
Summer school, Hillyer Institute, Y.M.C.A., Hartford, 1906.
Image Not Available for Summer school, Hillyer Institute, Y.M.C.A., Hartford, 1906.

Summer school, Hillyer Institute, Y.M.C.A., Hartford, 1906.

Date1906
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/2 x 9 7/16in. (19 x 24cm)
DescriptionBoys, most of the wearing suits, some of them wearing knickers, sit at tilt-top desks in a classroom. They are reading and several books are piled on each desk. The boy in the left foreground wears eyeglasses. The room has a cove ceiling, dentil moldings and wood paneling on the back wall. Chandeliers hold electric lights and candles.
Object number1993.37.19
NotesSubject Note: The Hillyer Institute was the Educational Department of the Hartford YMCA. The YMCA was located at 315-323 Pearl Street, at the corner of Jewell Street.
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