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Adams Express Company, Hartford, Asylum Street.
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Title
Adams
Express
Company
,
Hartford
,
Asylum
Street
.
Place
Union Place (Hartford, Conn.)
Asylum Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic
Office buildings
Express service -- Employees
Dogs
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Adams Express Company
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Theme
Livelihood
Description
Eleven
men
and a
dog
standing
on
stairs
with
decorative
riser
in
front
of
four
story
urban
office
building
at
corner
of
Asylum
and
Union
Place
.
Man
holding
sheet
of
paper
near
door
is
wearing
top
hat
.
Iron
fence
,
railings
and
masonry
sidewalk
are on
two
sides
of
building
.
Large
letters
on
left
side
and
hanging
wood
sign
say
"
Adams
Express
Company
".
Sign
over
door
on
right
"
New
York
,
New
Haven
and
Hartford
Railroad
Co.
" On
left
corner
is
a
barbershop
,
possibly
of
Henry
Leibee
. On
left
are
utility
poles
and
street
lamp
.
Signs
on
Union
Place
include
: "
Hart[ford]
Chemic[al
Company]
" "
Gilletts
Tea
,
Coffee
,
Spices
".
Inscription
on
back
: "
Adams
Express
Company
,
Hartford
/
1860s
"<br>
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
. <br>
New
York
,
New
Haven
and
Hartford
Railroad
located
office
at
466
Asylum
Street
in
1873
and were
near
the
Union
Railroad
Station
. <br>A.
B
.
Gillett
operated
a
coffee
and
tea
store
at
30
Union
Place
until
1883
when
he
established
the
Hartford
Chemical
Company
soap
manufacturers
. <br>
Adams
Express
Company
established
around
1851
and was
around
until
about
1920
. They
shipped
parcels
,
freight
and
letters
throughout
the
United
States
.
Moved
main
office
from
8
Central
Ave
to
452
Asylum
Street
around
1873
. <br>
Date created
[ca
.
1880]
Physical format
1
photographic
print
;
18
x
22
cm
.<br>
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
1988.139.1
<br>
File
name
0540
img0071.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
.
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