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Bee Hive, Main & Temple Sts. Hartford, Conn.
Bee Hive, Main & Temple Sts. Hartford, Conn.

Bee Hive, Main & Temple Sts. Hartford, Conn.

PrinterPrinted by Kellogg & Bulkeley American, 1867 - 1990
Dateafter 1867
MediumLithoraphy; black and green printer's ink on card stock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 1/2 x 4in. (6.4 x 10.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 3/4 x 4 5/16in. (7 x 11cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineBequest of Caroline H. Morris
DescriptionTwo owls are seated on the branch of a tree. A banner held in the beak of the owl on the left reads: "Have you seen the Bee Hive Bonnets?" The owl on the right holds a banner that reads: "What! Millinery at the Bee Hive?"
Object number1968.73.2
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title, "BEE HIVE, MAIN & TEMPLE Sts. / HARTFORD, CONN." On verso, lithographed advertisement that reads in part: "... elegant new department devoted [to] / [MI]LLINERY GOODS / And its Magnificent Stock of / suits, Dress[es] and [?] / FOR LADIES, MISSES, AND CHILDRE[N]". In pencil: upper right, old and new accession number; lower right, "74043".
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