Images(4)

Views of Hartford, New London, and Other Connecticut Towns

PhotographerPhotographed by Chester Steele American

Date1923-1926

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 3/8 x 4 1/16in. (6 x 10.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 3/4 x 4 7/16in. (7 x 11.3cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Edward W. Steele

DescriptionViews taken in various Connecticut locations include: the Nepaug Dam in New Hartford; the City Hall in Torringtion decorated for an American Legion convention with bunting and American flags; in Guilford, the Henry Whitfield House - the oldest stone house in Connecticut; an American Legion convention in New London which includes views of the Municipal Building decorated with bunting, the U.S.S. Raleigh, an airplane landing on the Thames River, a view of Fishers Island, New York; men and women walking around the Elizabeth Park rose garden in Hartford; the Nathan Hale Monument in Coventry; the U.S.S. Richmond in New Haven for an American Legion State Convention; and a Memorial Day Parade, possibly in New London or Hartford, that shows horses, marching bands, men and boys in uniform, and a tree lined street with several parked automobiles. Also, an image that shows the Connecticut Building, with a domed clock tower, erected in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Sesquicentennial celebration.

Object number2002.26.2-.20

InscribedDescriptions of the images inscribed on verso in black ink are as follows:
.2 "City Hall, Torrington / Decorated for Legion Con. [Convention] /Aug., 1924".
.3 "Nepaug Dam / 1923".
.4 "Oldest Stone House / in New England / May, 1926. / Guilford, Conn."
.5 "Oldest Stone House / in New England / May 1926 / Guilford, Conn."
.6 "Legion Convention / boat to Fisher's Island / August 27, 1925. / New London".
.7 "Legion Convention / New London Harbour [sic] / 8/28/25 / The plane in the / picture was / catapoulted from / the U.S.S. Raleigh".
.8 "Fisher's Island / August 27, 1925 / Legion / Convention / New London".
.9 "Legion Convention / New London / Sat 8/29/25".
.10 "Legion Convention / New London / 8/28/25 / on board U.S.S. Raleigh".
.11 "Legion Convention / New London 8/28/25 / USS Raleigh".
.12 "Connecticut Bldg. / Sesqui-Centennial / Phila., Pa., Oct. 1926".
.13 "Memorial Day, 1925."
.14 "Memorial Day, 1925".
.15 "Memorial Day, 1925."
.16 "Memorial Day, 1925".
.17 "Memorial Day, 1925".
.18 "Nathan Hale Mon- / ument / 1926."
.19 "Elizabeth Park Arbors / of Roses - June, 1926".
.20 "U.S.S. Richmond / New Haven, Conn / Aug 27 1926 / Am. Legion State / Convention".