Trolley Trips Hartford to Suburbs
Datebefore 1906
MediumPhotomechanical prints; colored printer's inks on postcard
Photography; gelatin silver prints on postcard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (8.9 x 14cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (8.9 x 14cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (8.9 x 14cm)
Credit LineGift of Clifford T. Alderman
DescriptionA trolley car is on what appears to be a suburban street. Small photographs of Hartford attractions have been pasted to the windows, doors, and wheels of the trolley. These include the Nathan Hale statue, the Connecticut State Capitol, the Church of the Good Shepherd, the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery monument (the Petersburg Express), the Old State House, Keney Tower, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, and Hartford Public High School.
Object number2014.103.24
InscribedOn recto, printed in black ink, "HARTFORD TO SUBURBS" / "TROLLEY TRIPS"; lower left, printed in black ink, "PATENT APPLIED FOR."On verso, in black ink, "Master William Pease / Saybrook Point / Conn."; lower right, in pencil, accession number
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