Chicken market on Charles Street, Hartford, July 25, 1912
Date1912
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 3/4 x 6 11/16in. (12 x 17cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionWoman weighs a trussed, decapitated chicken on a scale. A second woman, wearing an apron and a shawl over her head, looks on. A man in a suit and a straw hat, smoking a cigar, stands at the left. Other chickens poke their heads through slatted crates on a two-wheeled cart. A suitcase rests on the crates. A large wooden box of eggs rests on a large metal waste container in the foreground. Other carts, vendors and customers are in the background.
Object number2000.201.52
InscribedOn verso: "Chicken Market on Charles / Street, Jul 25, 1912 / 6 am / Courant."On View
Not on view