St. Joseph's Cathedral Fire, Hartford, Connecticut
Date1956
MediumTransparencies; dyes on plastic, on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 1 x 1 3/8in. (2.5 x 3.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 1 7/8 x 1 7/8in. (4.8 x 4.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 1 7/8 x 1 7/8in. (4.8 x 4.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Charles B. Simmons
Description22 color transparencies depicting the fire at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut, on December 31, 1956. The cathedral is shown from various angles and distances, and some of the images include flames, while others show only smoke. In some, streams of water from fire engines are fighting the flames. Onlookers are visible in several slides.
Object number2014.204.1-.22
MarkingsMounts, rectos, printed in red ink: "KODACHROME / TRANSPARENCY / PROCESSED BY KODAK"Versos, printed in red ink: "MADE IN U.S.A."
Some are stamped with numbers in black ink on the versosInscribed2014.204.8, verso, handwritten in black ink: "FARM. AVE APT. / WINDOW / ST. JOES"
2014.204.9-.19, versos, handwritten in black ink: Subject and date
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July 6, 1944
