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Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Title
Bridgeport
,
Connecticut
Creator
W.O. Laughna, Art Publishing Co.
Place
Bridgeport (Conn.)
Topic
Church buildings
Factories
Topic-Person
Barnum, P.T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Bridgeport Brass Company
Genre
Prints
Bird's-eye views
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Description
View
of
Bridgeport
, with the
Pequonnock
River
and
Bridgeport
Harbor
on the
left
. In the
foreground
are
enclosed
pastures
that
give
way
to a
treeline
,
numerous
smokestacks
, and
several
church
spires
and
steeples
. In
one
of the
fields
,
men
appear
to be
picking
fruit
in an
orchard
. The
sky
is
clear
with
some
long
wispy
clouds
.
Vignettes
bordering
the
top
and
bottom
of the
scene
include
private
residences
,
banks
,
churches
, and
factories
. They are as
follows
: the
Wheeler
&
Wilson
Manufacturing
Co
., the
Borroughs
Building
, the
Bridgeport
Savings
Bank
, the
Bridgeport
Brass
Company
, the
residence
of
Hon
.
Nathaniel
Wheeler
; the
New
High
School
, the
residence
of
P.T
.
Barnum
, the
City
National
Bank
Building
, the
Winter
Quarters
of the
Barnum
&
Condon
Great
Menagerie
Hippodrome
&
Circus
, the
Franklin
Building
, the
Peoples
Savings
Bank
,
St
.
Johns
Episcopal
Church
,
Wheelers
Block
, "
Wavewood
" the
residence
of
Nathan
Seeler
, the
Frary
Cutlery
Co
.; the
Howe
Machine
Co
.; the
First
Presbyterian
Church
;
Hall
Block
, on
Main
St
., the
residence
. of
E.L
.
Gaylord
,
Howes
Grand
Opera
House
and
Warner
Brothers
Corset
Manufactory
.
Date created
1882
Physical format
1
print
:
lithograph
;
69
x
89
cm
.
Digital format
image/jp2
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1986.156.0
File
name
:
chs_x_1986_156_0.tif
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
, The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
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Prints
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