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Hartford Circus Fire: Tent Fully Engulfed in Flames
DateJuly 6, 1944
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionSpectators in the foreground have turned to look back as the circus tent collapses as it is engulfed in flames. What appears to be bleachers are visible at the left. The sky is filled with smoke and flames.
Object number1988.134.3-A
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