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Image Not Available for Trolley car in snow, corner of Park and Broad Streets, Hartford
Trolley car in snow, corner of Park and Broad Streets, Hartford
Image Not Available for Trolley car in snow, corner of Park and Broad Streets, Hartford

Trolley car in snow, corner of Park and Broad Streets, Hartford

Dateabout 1930
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 3/4 x 7 1/16in. (12 x 18cm)
DescriptionTrolley car at intersection of two streets, covered with ice and water. Snow is piled along the sides. Men in overcoats and hats or caps and a woman in a fur coat and a cloche hat walk or stand on the sidewalks. Signs on the trolley read: "Special cars / motor coaches / solve / Transportation / Problems of / Lodges, Clubs, etc." "Sat. Feb. 6 [?] / St. Stephens / Trinity." A sign on the brick commercial building at the left reads "Jeweler." Signs on the building at the right read: "Citizen / Electric Repair[ing?] / Ladies Gents / Shoe Shine Parlor." "Ladies Gents / Shoe / Shine / Parlor / Repairing Neatly / Done by / Machinery." A street light is in front of the shoe shine parlor and utility poles line the street.
Object number2000.195.2
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