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Bridgeport, Conn., 1882.
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Title
Bridgeport
,
Conn
.,
1882
.
Creator
W.O. Laughna, Art Publishing Co.
Hart, Charles.
Place
Bridgeport (Conn.)
Pequonnock River (Conn.)
Bridgeport Harbor (Conn.)
Topic
Church buildings
Factories
Topic-Person
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Bridgeport Brass Company
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co
Genre
Prints
Theme
Environment
Description
View
of
Bridgeport
, with the
Pequonock
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
People’s
Savings
Bank
,
St
.
John’s
Episcopal
Church
,
Wheeler’s
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
,
Howe’s
Grand
Opera
House
and
Warner
Brother’s
Corset
Manufactory
.
Notes
W.O
.
Laughna
,
Art
Publishing
Co
.
N.Y
.
Charles
Hart
Lith
.
36
Vesey
St
.
N.Y
.
Date created
1882
Physical format
1
print
:
lithograph
;
69
x
89
cm
.
Digital format
image/jp2
Identifier
Accession
number
:
X.1986.156.0
File
name
:
chs_x_1986_156_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
.
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