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Title	Interior of the Hoffman Wall Paper Co., 1136 Main Street, Hartford.
Place	1136 Main Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic	Stores, Retail Russian Americans Jews -- United States Paint industry and trade Wallpaper industry
Topic-Person	Hoffman, Abraham, 1879-1933
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Hoffman Wall Paper Co
Theme	Livelihood Infrastructure Diversity
Description	Men and women in a store interior. One man holds a roll of wallpapear. All of the men wear hats. One has a mustache. One woman stands behind the counter waiting on a customer. The other woman stands in front of a typewriter [?] on a stand. Electric light fixtures with shades and cords hang from the ceiling. Paints and other supplies are displayed on shelves and in glass cases. Signs read: "Â….nted Gloss Paint" "Nukote" "Shwmut / Prepared Paint" "John Briggs & Co." "Window Shades" "Hazard Bronze Green / Hazard Lead Works / Hazardville Conn. / Light Medium Dark Chrome."
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Abraham Hoffman was born in Russia to Jewish parents. He immigrated to Hartford in 1898 and established his wallpaper firm in 1903. Hoffman Wall Paper Co. at 1136 Main Street sold wallpaper, paint and artists supplies and offered services in house painting and decorating.
Date created	1910
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 16 x 25 cm.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1988.94.2File name 0530 img0041.pcd
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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