Isaac Blumenthal, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 15/16in. (14 x 10cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Honiss Oyster House Company
DescriptionStudio portrait of a man with a mustache wearing a suit and vest with a prominent watch chain and fob.
Object number1982.80.138
InscribedOn verso: "'Dick' Blumenthal / a very popular Hartford horse / dealer 40 or more years / ago, sold all kind. / A Fine Man."NotesSubject Note: According to Hartford Jews, a book by Rabbi Morris Silverman, published in 1970, Isaac Blumenthal, known as Dick, was born in Hartford in 1865. In 1891, he was proprietor of the Excelsior Sale & Exchange Stables at 20 Morgan Street and was well known as a horse dealer throughout the east. He died in 1919.On View
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