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Title
View
of
Hartford
,
Conn
.
Creator
Bachmann, John
Weik, John
P.S. Duval & Son.
Place
Connecticut River
Hartford (Conn.)
Park River (Conn.)
Bushnell Park (Hartford, Conn.)
State Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic
Boats and boating
Covered bridges
Commercial buildings
Factories
Topic-Organization, Vessel
City of New York (Steamboat)
Old State House (Hartford, Conn.)
Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co.
Union Station (Hartford, Conn)
Genre
Prints
Bird's-eye views
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Description
Bird’s-eye
view
of a
large
city
on the
Connecticut
River
. At the
lower
left
are the
factories
of the
Colt
Patent
Fire
Arms
Manufacturing
Co
.,
immediately
to the
right
, the
Park
River
winds
through
the
city
and
enters
the
Connecticut
River
. To the
far
right
are the
Steamboat
Dock
and the
covered
bridge
leading
to
East
Hartford
.
Several
sailing
vessels
, a
rowboat
and the
steamboat
"
City
of
New
York
" are on the
river
.
State
Street
leads
from the
river
to the
Old
State
House
surrounded
by
trees
. The
street
continues
into
Asylum
Street
and
leads
to
Union
Station
.
Streets
are
lined
with
commercial
buildings
and
churches
.
Fountains
are
visible
in
Bushnell
Park
and also
near
the
Old
State
House
.
Several
trees
and
bushes
are in the
foreground
, with a
tall
tree
partially
obscuring
part
of the
view
of the
city
.
Notes
Perspective
map
not
drawn
to
scale
.
Published
by
John
Weik
,
605
Sansom
str
.,
Philadelphia
.
Printed
by
P.S
.
Duval
,
Son
&
Co
.
Phil
.
J
.
Bachman
del
.
lith
.
Date created
1869
Physical format
1
print
:
lithograph
;
84
x
118
cm
.
Digital format
image/jp2
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1960.110.0File
name
:
chs_1960_110_0.jp2
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
of The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
Sub-collection
Birds eye views
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