Unemployed Workers Digging Ditch at Rocky Ridge Park, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1915
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 5/16 x 6 11/16in. (11 x 17cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionMen with shovels and pickaxes dig a broad trench at the top of a high escarpment, parallel to a paved road at the right. Most wear caps. Some wear overalls. Piles of earth are at left and right. A man in a fur coat sits [?] beside a utility pole. Horse-drawn wagons are in the distance. The Gothic buildings of Trinity College are on the opposite side of the street.
Object number2000.201.25
InscribedOn recto, beneath image: "Unemployed at Rocky Ridge Park." On verso: "Unemployed - Jan. 1915 / Rocky Ridge Pk."
On View
Not on view
William G. Dudley
about 1915
