1938 Hurricane: Refugees Pour into Hartford
Date1938
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 9 × 7 1/8in. (22.9 × 18.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Lynn Ferrari
DescriptionBlack and white Acme Newsphoto photograph of National Guardsmen, Hartford Police, Hartford residents, and individuals displaced by the flooding of the Connecticut River caused by the hurricane of September 22, 1938. Hartford residents line the sidewalk in the foreground, and those displaced by flooding are congregated on the sidewalk opposite while police officers and National Guardsmen confer in the street.
Object number2017.86.33
CopyrightCopyright held by Acme
InscribedTyped in purple on paper affixed to back of photograph: “468168 / REFUGEES POUR INTO HARTFORD AS RIVERS GO ON RAMPAGE / HARTFORD, CONN.--AS HARTFORD RESIDENTS LINE THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET, NATIONAL GUARDSMEN / CONFER WITH A POLICE OFFICER ON THE HANDLING OF / REFUGEES, SOME OF THEM SEATED ON THE CURB, WHO / POURED INTO HARTFORD, SEPT. 22ND, SEEKING FOOD, / SHELTER AND MEDICAL AID, AS THE RAMPAGING WATERS / OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER ROSE TO MORE THAN 16 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 24 HOURS AFTER THE DEATH- / DEALING HURRICANE HAD PASSED. LARGE SECTION OF / HARTFORD WERE INNUNDATED AS THE RIVER’S WATER / KEPT RISING. / CREDIT LINE (ACME) 9/22/38” Stamped in purple on back: “REF. DEPT. / 9- 28 ‘38 / N.E.A.”
Stamped in blue on back: “PHOTO CREDIT “ACME” / THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR / PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED / SYNDICATED OR USED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES / WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM US”
Handwritten in pencil on back: “A945”
Printed on label affixed to backof photograph: "[barcode] n e a 7 5 0 0 3 / www.historicimages.com"
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2022 June 7
