Hartford Circus Fire: Crowd encircling victims
DateJuly 6, 1944
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionA group of men staring at the charred remains of victims of the Hartford Circus Fire.
Object number1988.134.3-D
InscribedOn verso, at left stamped in blue ink, "HOYE / 397 CEDAR ST. / NEWINGTON, CONN. 06111"; handwritten at top in pencil, "[Hartford Circus fire 7-6-1944]"; "Paul Shafer, Hartford Courant / Photographer according / to Steward O'Nan 11/11/98". At bottom in pencil, "NEG #1764", accession number in pencil bottom right corner.
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