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Image Not Available for Interior of Honiss Oyster House, 30 State Street, Hartford
Interior of Honiss Oyster House, 30 State Street, Hartford
Image Not Available for Interior of Honiss Oyster House, 30 State Street, Hartford

Interior of Honiss Oyster House, 30 State Street, Hartford

Dateabout 1926
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 9 13/16in. (21 x 25cm)
Credit LineGift of the Honiss Oyster House Company
DescriptionFour men wearing white coats or aprons stand in the interior of a kitchen or storeroom. Some wear hats. Boxes of Sunshine Biscuits are stacked around the room. A scale, cans and jars are on the counters. Pipes and ducts run along the ceiling. Electric lights hang from the ceiling. Signs read: "Our Crackers are Always Fresh" "Hot & cold / Boullion to take home / Quarts / or / Pints." A pencil sharpener is on the wall at the left. A "Hartford District Telephone Directory" hangs beneath it and a telephone is beside it.
Object number1982.80.405b
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