Aerial View of Hartford Fire Insurance Company, 690 Asylum Street, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1921
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 7/8 x 10 1/4in. (20 x 26cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionAerial view of stone office building with a shallow dome and columns and a pediment at the main entrance. The Romanesque building in the right foreground is the Church of the Redeemer, belonging to the First Universalist Society. A building with a smokestack is immediately to the left of the insurance company. Houses border an open grassy field in the left background.
Object number2000.197.26
InscribedOn recto, on mount, top margin, printed in black ink, "HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY"; lower margin, printed in black ink, "AIRPLANE VIEW 1921"NotesSubject Note: The Church of the Redeemer was located at 688 Asylum Avenue. The Hartford Fire Insurance Company building at 690 Asylum Street was erected in 1921 on land that was previously occupied by the American Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons. The architects were Stevenson & Dodge, with Parker, Thomas & Rice.On View
Not on view
