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Image Not Available for Exterior of Fred E. Day Saloon, 98 Main Street, Hartford
Exterior of Fred E. Day Saloon, 98 Main Street, Hartford
Image Not Available for Exterior of Fred E. Day Saloon, 98 Main Street, Hartford

Exterior of Fred E. Day Saloon, 98 Main Street, Hartford

Date1896
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 3/4 x 3 15/16in. (12 x 10cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA man, slightly blurred from movement, walks past a frame commercial building. Signs read: "Ballantine & Sons. Ale and Porter" and "Fred E. Day." A sign in the shop window reads: "Ballantine / October Ale / on Draught." Louvered shutters are on the upper stories. At the left, signs of the building and its striped awning read: "[Br]ewer 100" "Market" "Provisions" "[Dodge] & Brewer." A hitching post is on the sidewalk at the far left near the wheel of a horse-drawn wagon.
Object number2000.203.1
InscribedInscribed at lower right: "11 / 96" [November 1896] Frederick E. Day's saloon was located at 98 Main Street. Charles N. Dodge and Charles H. Brewer were the proprietors of Dodge & Brewer at 100 Main Street from 1890-1897. The street numbers changed in 1898.
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