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Hartford Postcards

SubjectPortrait of The Travelers Insurance Company American

SubjectPortrait of The Mark Twain House and Museum American

SubjectPortrait of Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center American

PublisherPublished by H. P. Kopplemann American

PublisherPublished by Tichnor Bros., Inc. American

MediumPhotomechanical printing on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 1/2 × 5 1/2in. (8.9 × 14cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Robert B. and Myrle B. Goodman

DescriptionSix color postcards of various Hartford landmarks.

.1: The Travelers Insurance Company building.
.2: The Mark Twain House
.3: St. Francis Hospital
.4: Lily Pond, Elizabeth Park
.5: Interchange on the Wilbur Cross Parkway
.6: Temple Beth Israel and Silberman Memorial Chapel

Object number2012.476.1-.6

Inscribed.1: Recto, typed in black ink: "THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANIES/ The most prominent building on the Hartford skyline is/ the tower of The Travelers Insurance Companies. It is/ the loftiest structure in Connecticut; height 527 feet."

.2: Verso, typed in blue ink: "MARK TWAIN HOUSE/ Hartford, Conn./ Its south facade, complete with decks and 'Wheel-/house,' reflects the shape and grandeur of a Miss-/issippi River steamboat."

.2: Verso, typed in blue ink: "Pub. by NATCO, Natural Color Cards Co., Ridgefield Park, N.J."

.2: Verso, typed in blue ink: "MADE BY/ DEXTER/ WEST NYACK, N.Y."

.3: Verso, typed in green ink: "ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL/ HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT/ Founded 1897, run by the order of The Sisters of St. Joseph."

.3: Verso, typed in green ink: "H. P. KOPPLEMANN, PUB. AGENT, HARTFORD, CONN."

.3: Verso, typed in green ink: "CURTEICHCOLOR ART-CREATION FROM COLOR TRANSPARENCIES (REG. U.S.A. PAT. OFF.)

.4: Verso, typed in green ink: "LILY POND, ELIZABETH PARK/ HARTFORD, CONN."

.4: Verso, typed in green ink: "H. P. KOPPLEMANN, PUB. AGENT, HARTFORD, CONN."

.4: Verso, typed in green ink: "'CURTEICHCOLOR' REPRODUCTION FROM KODACHROME OR EKTACHROME ORIGINAL"

.5: Verso, typed in pink ink: "INTERCHANGE on the WILBUR CROSS PARKWAY/ Through Connecticut."

.5: Verso, typed in pink ink: "'Lusterchrome' REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS., INC., BOSTON 15, MASS."

.6: Verso, typed in green ink: "TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL AND SILBERMAN/ MEMORIAL CHAPEL, HARTFORD, CONN."

.6: Verso, typed in green ink: "H. P. KOPPLEMANN, PUB. AGENT, HARTFORD, CONN."

.6: Verso, typed in green ink: "NATURAL COLOR REPRODUCTION--CURTEICHCOLOR ART-CREATION REG. U.S. PAT. OFF."

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