Billings & Spencer Company: exterior of factory building, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1910
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 8 1/4in. (16 x 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionLarge brick industrial building. The entrance is through a corner tower with rounded arches and a corbel table below the parapet. A sign above the door reads "The Billings & Spencer Co." A sign on the door reads "Office." There is a striped awning on one window. Ivy grows on the building. An iron fence surrounds it. Utility poles line the street. A vacant lot on the opposite corner of the intersection is overgrown with weeds.
Object number2000.197.2
NotesSubject Note: Billings & Spencer had factories on Russ Street, at the corner of Lawrence Street, at 1 Laurel Street and on Capitol Avenue. The company manufactured drop forgings for pistols, sewing machines, locomotives, trolleys and "machines of every description."On View
Not on view
J. C. Dexter Photo Company
1908