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Image Not Available for Frederick Bliss House Near Colt Park, 47 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford.
Frederick Bliss House Near Colt Park, 47 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford.
Image Not Available for Frederick Bliss House Near Colt Park, 47 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford.

Frederick Bliss House Near Colt Park, 47 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford.

Date1870-1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/2 x 6 9/16in. (11.4 x 16.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 x 6 9/16in. (11.4 x 16.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 15/16 x 6 15/16in. (12.5 x 17.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionA temporary striped canvas canopy leads to the entrance of a large, brick, Victorian house in the Queen Anne style. The house has a high stone basement, a turret, dormers, louvered shutters, and chimneys with blank decorative panels. A fire hydrant is on the corner. Leafless trees and utility poles line the street.
Object number1983.71.6
InscribedOn verso, in pencil: upper left, "Frederick Bliss House / nr. Colt Park"; upper center, "47 Wethersfield Ave, Htfd / Corner of Morris St."; lower left, the accession number.
On View
Not on view
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.445   © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Soc…
Northern Survey Company
1880-1890
Two Queen Anne/Colonial Revival houses with tower.s  Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.2…
Richard Welling
after 1972
The Connecitcut Historical Society collections. 2011.102.0.1 
©2011 The Connecticut Historical…
Isaac Almarin Allen Jr.
early 20th century
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.435   © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Soc…
Northern Survey Company
1880-1890
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.449  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
Northern Survey Company
1880-1890
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.453  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
Northern Survey Company
1880-1890
Gift of Thomas P. Kugelman, 2011.32.19  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard S. DeLamater
1890-1900
© 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society.
H. Wales Lines Company
probably 1890
© 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society.
H. Wales Lines Company
1888