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Title	Bulkeley Bridge celebration: landing of the Dutch, Hartford, October 6, 1908.
Creator	Quimby.
Place	Bulkeley Bridge (Conn.) Connecticut River Hartford (Conn.)
Topic	Canoes and canoeing Boats and boating Costume Pageants Bridges Rivers
Genre	Postcards
Theme	Lifestyle Environment
Description	Canoes are drawn up on the bank of the Connecticut River in the foreground. They are painted with designs that are meant to be Native American. Two barges are on the river at the right. A group of men and women in seventeenth-century costume stand on the shore with a yoke of oxen and a horse. Additional costumed re-enactors are near teepees. Crowds of spectators are in the left and right background. The Bulkeley Bridge is in the distance. Inscribed in image: "Landing of the Dutch / Hartford, Conn. Oct. 6th 1908." Signed by photographer in image: "Quimby Yalesville."<br>
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.<br>The Bulkeley Bridge opened to trolley traffic on December 8, 1907 and to the general public on December 21, 1907. The dedication of the bridge was the occasion of a three-day celebration on October 6,7, and 8, 1908.<br>
Date created	1908.
Physical format	1 photographic print: : postcard ; 9 x 28 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number X.2000.21.14<br>File name 0534 img0069.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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