1936 Flood, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
DateMarch 1936
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/8 x 5 3/8in. (7.9 x 13.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 13/16in. (8.9 x 14.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 13/16in. (8.9 x 14.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of David and Dorothy Kagan
DescriptionViews of floodwaters, wreckage and cleanup following the March 1936 flood in Hartford. Some photographs include apartment buildings, automobiles, bridges, buses, commercial buildings, and houses. Locations include Asylum Street, Bushnell Park, Cleveland Avenue, Elm Street, Loomis Street, Pearl Street, Sheldon Street, Tower Avenue, Village Street, Windsor Avenue, and Wyllys Street. Several locations are in the North End. One photograph shows women in a canoe. Others shows refugees in a rowboat, a horse-drawn wagon, and in a breadline at the Old State House. Several show scenes along the Park River and the Connecticut River.
Object number2001.128.2-.29
MarkingsVerso: Each photograph is stamped in black ink "19". This stamp appears in various locations on the photographs.InscribedVerso: Each photograph is inscribed in pencil with a brief title, usually giving the location where it was taken. The accession number is inscribed in pencil, lower right, on each photograph.Subject Terms
- Flood, 1936
- Village Street (Hartford, Conn.)
- Front Street (Hartford, Conn.)
- Wyllys Street (Hartford, Conn.)
- Windsor Avenue (Hartford, Conn.)
- Sheldon Street Hartford
- Elm Street (Hartford, Conn.)
- Pearl Street (Hartford, Conn.)
- Asylum Street (Hartford, Conn.)
- Old State House (Hartford, Conn.)
- Park River (Hartford, Conn.)
- Connecticut River
- Bushnell Park
- Cleveland Avenue (Hartford, Conn.)
- Loomis Street Hartford
- Tower Avenue (Hartford, Conn.)
- Gelatin Silver Prints
- Hartford
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