Bill Ewing in Canvas Bag with Security Escorts, State Street, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Wayne Fleming
American
Date1978
MediumPhotography; color slide on plastic in cardboard mount
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Robert Gregson
DescriptionSlide depicting Bill Ewing in a canvas bag on a Hartford sidewalk along State Street, with two African-American security escorts in uniform during a Thursday is a Work of Art performance. A crowd of people is gathered on the sidwalk watching. In the background, the Old State House, Hartford Federal Savings and Loan Association, and the Phoenix Life Insurance building ("boat building") are visible.
Object number2015.99.2.64
CopyrightCopyright held by the Connecticut Historical Society. See object file for copyright transfer forms.
Inscribed"WAYNE FLEMING PHOTO" stamped on slide mount. "Thurs 78" and "1-86" written in black ink on slide mount. "20" and "JUL 78N6" printed on slide mount."Subject Terms
- Thursday is a Work of Art (Hartford, Conn.)
- United States. Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
- Hartford (Conn.)
- Performing arts
- State Street (Hartford, Conn.)
- Old State House (Hartford, Conn.)
- Phoenix Life Insurance Company Building (Hartford, Conn.)
- Honiss Oyster House Co.
- Bank buildings
- Hartford Federal Savings & Loan Association (Hartford, Conn.)
- Color Transparencies
- Slides
- Hartford
- DUAP Pilot
Collections
- Thursday is a Work of Art
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Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
1914-1915
