Flood of 1936: Bond Hotel Lobby
Date1936
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 9 1/8 × 7in. (23.2 × 17.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Lynn Ferrari
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the interior of the flooded Bond Hotel lobby, March 22, 1936, Hartford. A group consisting of patrons, policemen, and employees, some in rowboats, some standing in floodwaters, pose in front of the Hotel registration desk.
Object number2017.86.64
CopyrightCopyright held by Acme
InscribedTyped in purple on paper affixed to back: "341381/ NAVIGATING IN HARTFORD HOTEL LOBBY/ FOR THE FIRST, AND NATIVES HOPE, THE LAST/ TIME PATRONS OF THE BOND HOTEL, IN HART-/ FORD, CONN., GLIDED IN ROWBOATS RIGHT UP/ TO THE REGISTRATION CLERK, INSIDE THE/ HOSTELRY’S LOBBY. HIGH WATER HAD BEGUN TO/ RECEDE AT THE RATE OF A QUARTER-INCH AN HOUR/ ON MARCH 22 WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS MADE./ CREDIT LINE (ACME) 3/22/36” Stamped in purple on back: "REF. DEPT./ 3- 31 36/ N. E. A."
Handwritten in pencil on back: "A945"
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