Automobiles on Trumbull Street, Hartford, Ready to Start Over New Berlin Turnpike.
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Date1909
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 3/8 x 9 7/16in. (18.7 x 24cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 3/8 x 9 7/16in. (18.7 x 24cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 3/8 x 9 7/16in. (18.7 x 24cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionAutomobiles, many of them open roadsters, line both sides of a city street. Some cars have small American flags. Signs on the brick commercial block at the left read: "THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB" "LOESER & DAVIS / OPTICIANS" "E.M. SILL." Most businesses have awnings. Men, women, and boys are on the sidewalks. Additional automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are in the street. The license plate on one of the cars reads: "C 4670." A large clock is at the right.
Object number2000.171.160
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in red ink, "58572". In black ink, "On Trumbull Street, between Asylum & Allyn. Note / old County Court House (ivy-clad) on SW corner Trumbull / & Allyn". In blue pencil, "3 col." In pencil: "COPY NEG ON FILE / (See "AUTO CLUB RALLY")"; "1909, Oct 22d, autos ready for / start over new Berlin turnpike"; and, at lower right, old and new accession numbers; "neg #294, 294A, 294B".On View
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