Hartford Circus Fire: People watch the burning circus tent
DateJuly 6, 1944
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionMen, women, and children are in the foreground, just beyond canvas walls that may be part of the circus tent. Flames and smoke fill the sky.
Object number1988.134.3-P1
InscribedOn verso, at left stamped in blue ink, "HOYE / 397 CEDAR ST. / NEWINGTON, CONN. 06111"; handwritten at top in pencil, "[Hartford Circus fire 7-6-1944]"; Accession number in pencil at bottom.
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July 6, 1944
July 6, 1944
July 6, 1944
July 6, 1944
