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Title
Hartford
department
stores
,
Main
Street
.
Creator
Dudley, William G., 1877-1934.
Place
Connecticut River
Main Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic
Commercial buildings
Central Business Districts
Department stores
Jewelry stores
Water towers
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Sage, Allen & Co
Brown, Thompson & Co
G. Fox and Co
Henry Kohn & Sons, Inc
Theme
Infrastructure
Environment
Description
Elevated
view
of
commercial
buildings
along
Main
Street
. At
far
left
is
G
.
Fox
&
Co
.
Beside
it
, the
Richardsonian
Romanesque
brownstone
building
is
the
Cheney
block
,
housing
Brown
,
Thomson
&
Co
. The
next
building
has a
clock
tower
. The
next
has a
large
sign
on the
roof
that
reads
"
Sage-Allen
"
followed
by "
Henry
Kohn
/
&
Sons
/
Jewelers
" and a
second
"
Sage-Allen
&
Co.
"
building
.
Stores
on the
opposite
side
of
Kinsley
Street
have
signs
that
read
: "
Candy
-
Soda
" "
Ladies
/
and
Gentlemens
/
Tailor
/
Dry-cleaning
/
Remodeling
" and "
Blumenthals.
" A
sign
on the
opposite
side
of
Main
Street
reads
"
Steigers
/
Hartford.
"
Some
buildings
have
awnings
.
Water
towers
on the
roofs
have
signs
"
Sage
Allen
/
&
Co.
" "
Brown
/
Thomson
/
&
Co.
"
Boats
are on the
Connecticut
River
in the
background
. The
Bulkeley
Bridge
and a
railroad
bridge
are
visible
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
G
.
Fox
&
Co
., "
New
England's
most
modern
department
store
" was
located
at
960-980
Main
Street
.
Brown
,
Thomason
&
Co
., "
Connecticut's
biggest
department
store
" was
located
at
920-942
Main
Street
.
Sage
,
Allen
&
Co
., a
large
department
store
, was
located
at
880-900
Main
Street
.
Steigers
, "a
store
of
specialty
shops
" was
located
at
873-891
Main
Street
.
Henry
Kohn
&
Sons
,
Inc
.,
diamond
merchants
and
jewelers
, were at
890
Main
Street
.
Date created
[ca
.
1930]
Physical format
1
photographic
print
;
21
x
26
cm
.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
1993.39.3
File
name
0530
img0094.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
.
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