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Trolley track work, corner of Main Street and State Street, Hartford, May 19, 1897.

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Title	Trolley track work, corner of Main Street and State Street, Hartford, May 19, 1897.
Place	State Street (Hartford, Conn.) Main Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic	Street-railroad tracks Commercial buildings Storefronts Central business districts Laborers
Topic-Organization, Vessel	E. Gundlach & Co Kashmann's Furnishing House
Theme	Infrastructure Diversity Environment
Description	Group of men, most wearing hats, dig up the street at the corner of Main and State Streets. A pile of debris is in the middle of the street. A wagon drawn by two horses and a bicycles are beside the curb. Signs on commercial buildings on State Street read: "Crane, Dentist" "C.O. Baldwin / Rubber Stamps / Stencils" "Byrne ? Tailor / Repairing" "A.J. Glazier / Real Estate" "H.P. Hitchcock / Merchant / Tailor" "Kashmann's Furnishing House" "Headquarters / for / Bartenders' / Coats" "Gents Outfitter" "6 / custom / shirts / $9.00" "Butcher / Frocks /Aprons / and / Waiters / Outfits / a Specialty" "A / Complete / Line / of / Hats / and / Caps" Perkins & Perkins Law Offices" "Steam Job and Card Printers" Hartford Printing Company" "Job Card / and / Book Printing""Society / and / Mercantile / Printing" "Town Reports / Tax Lists / And / Abstract Books" "Insurance / and / Bank / Printing" "L.E. Stanton / Law / Office" "E. Gundlach & Co. / Jewelers" "Union Line / Pennsylvania R.R./ Freight / Office" "Joseph La[velli]."<br>
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. <br>S.L.G. Crane, dentist, Charles O. Baldwin, stamps, stencils, etc., John Byrne, tailor, and A. Judson Glazier, real estate, were located at 8 State Street. <br>Henry P. Hitchcock, merchant tailor, was located at 10 State Street. <br>Emma Gundlach took over the family jewelry business at 20 State Street, formerly Louis Gundlach & son, after the death of Louis Gundlach in 1892. Mrs. Louis Gundlach and Louis, Jr. ran the business in 1893, but by 1894 it was listed as E. Gundlach & Co. with Emma Gundlach and Mrs. Louis Gundlach as proprietors. Mrs. Gundlach was probably Emma's mother. <br>Joseph A. Lavelli, a barber, was located at 22 State Street. <br>The law firm of Arthur Perkins and Charles E. Perkins was at 14 State Street. <br>Isaac Kashmann, gents furnishings, was located at 12 State Street. Kashmann, a prominent Jewish clothing merchant, was born in Cassel, Germany and emigrated to Hartford when he was fourteen. Kashmann, Isaac, 1858-1933. <br>
Date created	1897
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 13 x 18 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1959.81.95<br>File name 0543 img0056.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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