Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Hartford, Connecticut
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace L. Bundy
American, 1839 - 1918
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateafter 1886
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/16 x 4 7/16in. (17.9 x 11.3cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 7 1/16 x 4 7/16in. (17.9 x 11.3cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width): 8 1/2 x 5 1/4in. (21.6 x 13.3cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 7 1/16 x 4 7/16in. (17.9 x 11.3cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width): 8 1/2 x 5 1/4in. (21.6 x 13.3cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection
DescriptionTwo views of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Hartford, Connecticut, one of them taken on the day of its dedication. In one photograph, an arched stone bridge appears in the foreground and the Connecticut State Capitol appears in the background. In the other photograph, spectators, mostly men, and horse-drawn vehicles crowd the foreground, while men in uniform march beneath the arch in the background, and pennants and flags fly from poles. In both, the brownstone arch with its towers and frieze is clearly visible.
Object number2012.233.208-.209
MarkingsOn verso, on label, printed in black ink, "'The best I ever saw,' say some. / Others, 'I never saw finer pictures,' / than the $2.00 Cabinet Photographs / at Bundy's, 368 Main street, Hart-/ford. / For all kinds of Photography, you / can probably get lower prices at / Bundy's, 268 Main street, Hartford, / than by any other professional, (or / amateur.)"Inscribed2012.233.208: on verso, in black ink, "Monument Day / Hartford - Sept 17 1886 / 1st Co. Governor's Goot Guard"2013.233.209: on verso, in pencil, "Soldiers Memorial Aarch / Hartford / Uncle Tom"
Both photographs: on verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numbersNotesDate Note: September 17, 1886, the day the arch was dedicated as a Civil War monument, was the anniversary of the Battle of Antietam. (Finlay 4/13/2014)
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