"Guru" Making Balloon Animals for Children, Central Row, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Wayne Fleming
American
Date1977
MediumPhotography; color slide on plastic in cardboard mount
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Robert Gregson
DescriptionSlide depicting a man in face paint sitting in a concrete planter on Central Row making balloon animals. There is a sign in front of him that reads, "The GURU / Is IN." A group of children is gathered around him and adults are watching in the background. The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company building (the "boat building") is in the distance. Taken during a Thursday is a Work of Art event in Hartford.
Object number2015.99.8.25
CopyrightCopyright held by the Connecticut Historical Society. See object file for copyright transfer forms.
Inscribed"WAYNE FLEMING PHOTO" stamped on slide mount. "68a", "Thurs 77" and "R-25" written on slide mount. "13" and "AUG 77N4" printed on slide mount."Subject Terms
- Thursday is a Work of Art (Hartford, Conn.)
- United States. Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
- Clowns
- Costume
- Children
- Hartford (Conn.)
- Performing arts
- Novelty balloons
- Phoenix Life Insurance Company Building (Hartford, Conn.)
- African American children
- African Americans
- People of color
- Color Transparencies
- Slides
- Hartford
- DUAP Pilot
Collections
- Thursday is a Work of Art
On View
Not on view
F. H. DeMars
about 1915
1970
