1938 Hurricane: Garde Hotel
Date1938
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 9 × 7 1/16in. (22.9 × 17.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Lynn Ferrari
DescriptionBlack and white Acme Newspictures photograph of the effort to pump water out of the lounge of the Garde Hotel, Hartford, after the area was inundated by flooding of the Connecticut River, September 24, 1938. The photograph was taken from the street (Asylum Ave.) in front of the Garde Hotel with views of Palmer’s Drugs and the Bond Hotel.
Object number2017.86.68
CopyrightCopyright held by Acme
InscribedTyped in purple on paper affixed to back: "468475/ A PLUNGE BECOMES A LOUNGE ONCE MORE/ HARTFORD, CONN.----PUMPING WATER OUT OF THE LOUNGE/ OF THE GARDE HOTEL, IN THE HARTFORD AREA INUNDATED BY OVERFLOW OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER/ CREDIT LINE (ACME) 9/24/38" Stamped in purple on back: "REF. DEPT./ 9-28 '38/ N.E.A."
Stamped in blue on back: "PHOTO BY/ ACME NEWSPICTURES, INC./ 220 EAST 42ND ST., NEW YORK CITY/ 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"
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