Hartford Circus Fire: Smoke Rising from Bleachers
DateJuly 6, 1944
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionMen stand in the foreground. Some men appear to be handling ropes or hoses. The smoking remains of bleachers are in the left background. Trailers are in the right background. Smoke fills the sky.
Object number1988.134.3-J
InscribedOn verso, at left stamped in blue ink, "HOYE / 397 CEDAR ST. / NEWINGTON, CONN. 06111"; At bottom handwritten in pencil, "NEG #1931", accession number in pencil bottom right.
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July 6, 1944
July 6, 1944
