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Window of Witkower's bookstore, 77 Asylum Street, Hartford.
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Title
Window
of
Witkower's
bookstore
,
77
Asylum
Street
,
Hartford
.
Creator
W. F. Miller & Co.
Place
77 Asylum Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic
Display of merchandise
Bookstores
Posters
Stores, Retail
Window displays
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Witkower's bookstore
Theme
Livelihood
Description
Shop
window
displaying
multiple
copies
of The
Lure
of
Gold
by
William
B
.
Goodwin
. The
display
also
features
armor
,
weapons
,
possibly
a
pike
and a
halberd
, and
other
artifacts
labeled
as
follows
: "
Georgia
Deeds
/
with
great
seal
/
of
George
III
" "
Spanish
Buff
Coat
/
Steel
Breastplate
/
during
time
of
Columbus
" "
Spanish
/
Jewel
Chest
/
used
in
late
1500
" "The
Story
of the
New
World
/
Printed
in
1593
" "
Spanish
Coins
,
Austrian
Gun
/
Pieces
of
Eight
" "
Model
/
Columbus
flagship
/
Santa
M[aria].
" A
poster
advertises
"
Gardens
/
Open
to the
Public
/
Tues
May
14th
Wed
15th
/
In
case
of
rain
gardens
will be
open
the
next
day
/
Houses
and
gardens
in
Hartford
/
West
Hartford
and
Farmington
.
/
Tickets
$1.50
before
May
9
.
Thereafter
$2
.
Benefit
Hartford
Art
School.
" A
sign
stenciled
on the
window
reads
: "
Witkower's
/Lending
Library.
" The
interior
of the
store
, with
electric
lights
, a
tin
[?]
ceiling
and
shelves
of
books
,
is
visible
through
the
window
.<br>
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
. <br>The
bookstore
at
77
Asylum
Street
was
established
in
1835
.
It
was
known
as
Witkower's
from
1928-1960
under
the
proprietorship
of
Israel
Witkower
. <br>
Israel
Witkower
(1889-1968)
was
born
in
Vienna
,
Austria
. He
came
to
Hartford
as a
child
. He was
proprietor
of
Witkower's
bookstore
from
1928
to
1960
. He
appears
in
Hartford
Jews
,
1659-1970
. <br>
Date created
[ca
.
1940]
Physical format
1
photographic
print
;
21
x
25
cm
.<br>
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
X.2000.9.6
<br>
File
name
0530
img0036.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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Window of Witkower's bookstore, 77 Asylum Street, Hartford. 