1967.96.27 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society.

E. Gross & Co., 63-65 Ferry Street, Hartford

Date1906

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 8 1/4in. (16 x 21cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

DescriptionThree-story stone warehouse and commercial building at the corner of Ferry Street and Commerce Street. A stenciled sign reads: "E. Gross & / Co. / Cash / Paid for Rags / Rubber / Metals." The brick commercial building at the right has a broken window. A frame building farther down the street has a cellar hatchway. A woman stands in an open door at the far right. A man squats nearby. A handcart is in the dirt street, near the sidewalk. Street signs are on the corner of the stone building and on a derelict light post. A gas light hangs from wires in the foreground. Utility poles and wires run along the street.

Object number1967.96.27

NotesSubject Note: Edward Gross and Samuel Barden or Bordon were the partners in E. Gross & Co., dealers in rags, paper stock, rubber and metal, at 63 & 65 Ferry Street. According to Hartford Jews, a book by Rabbi Morris Silverman, published in 1970, Edward Gross, the founder of E. Gross & Co., was born in Hungary in 1859. He settled in Hartford in 1883 and died in 1936. Part of a series of photographs taken of buildings scheduled for demolition during the construction of the Bulkeley Bridge.

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