Fires, Floods, and Other Disasters
PhotographerPhotographed by
Daniel S. Camp
American, 1844 - 1878
PhotographerPhotographed by
Richard S. DeLamater
American, 1833 - 1915
PhotographerPhotographed by
Lewis P. Pierce
American, active 1869 - 1888
PhotographerPhotographed by
Prescott & White
American, 1867 - 1873
PhotographerPhotographed by
H. D. Udell
American
Date1862-1889
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard mounts
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 7in. (10.2 x 17.8cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 7in. (10.2 x 17.8cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width): 4 x 7in. (10.2 x 17.8cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 7in. (10.2 x 17.8cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width): 4 x 7in. (10.2 x 17.8cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionSubjects include the Flood of 1862 at Hartford and another slightly later flood, taken from the dome of the Old State House looking down State Street, a fire at the Hartford Steam Boat Company's Freight Depot on September 20th 1867, the ruins of the Hartford Carpet Company in Tariffville following a fire in June 1867, and the Park Central Hotel collapse, which occurred on February 17, 1889. Other photographs depict a reservoir break at one of the Hartford reservoirs, and an unidentified fire.
Part of the John S. Craig Collection.
Part of the John S. Craig Collection.
Object number2012.536.688-.694
InscribedMost photographs have inscriptions in pencil or ink with information about the subjects.All photographs: On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: The Park Central Hotel in Hartford was destroyed by an explosion of its steam boiler in the early morning of February 17, 1889. 22 people were killed. 10 were rescued. Only part of the eastern wing remained standing.
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