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Title	Morgan Memorial under construction, Main Street, Hartford.
Place	Main Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic	Building sites Construction workers Construction equipment
Topic-Person	La Farge, C. Grant (Christopher Grant), 1862-1938 Morris, Benjamin Wistar
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Wadsworth Atheneum
Theme	Infrastructure Environment
Description	The facade of Knoxville granite is complete as high as the second story cornice. The building is surrounded by construction equipment and materials, including cranes, steel beams or girders, piles of cut stone and bricks. Scaffolding and an awning surround the front entrance the front, apparently for work on the tympanum above the door. A sign at left reads: "Fire Proofing /wire Lathing / White / Fireproof Construction Co. / 1 Madison Ave." The Colt Memorial and the Wadsworth Atheneum are at the left, partially hidden by trees. There is a fire hydrant on the sidewalk in the foreground and trolley tracks and what appears to be horse manure in the street.<br>
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. <br>The Morgan Memorial was designed by the New York firm La Farge & Morris. The partners in the firm were Christopher Grant La Farge and Benjamin Wistar Morris. <br>
Date created	1908
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 20 x 26 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number X.2000.8.13<br>File name 0543 img0087.pcd<br>
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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