Flood of 1936: Cleveland Avenue and North Main Street, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1936
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 2 1/4in. (10.2 x 5.7cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 4 5/8 x 2 3/4in. (11.7 x 7cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 4 5/8 x 2 3/4in. (11.7 x 7cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Russell G. St. John family
DescriptionViews of the Flood of 1936 in the area around the intersection of Cleveland Avenue and North Main Street in the North End of Hartford. Photographs show buildings at 9 Cleveland Avenue and 18 Cleveland Avenue. Most buildings appear to be multiple-family dwellings. Other photographs show men and women in rowboats, people walking on flooded streets, a stranded automobile, men with chairs on what appears to be a raft. Leafless trees appear in most photographs.
Object number2013.180.8-.20
Inscribed2013.180.13, on verso, in pencil, "18 Cleveland Ave"2013.180.14, on verso, in pencil, "9 Cleveland Ave."
2013.180.19, on verso, in pencil, "Cleveland Ave"
2013.180.20, on verso, in pencil, "Main St. nr. / Cleveland Ave / Hartford"
All photographs, on verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
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Thomas Sedgwick Steele
1884
