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Bulkeley Bridge celebration: old toll board at new bridge, Hartford, October 1908.

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Title	Bulkeley Bridge celebration: old toll board at new bridge, Hartford, October 1908.
Place	Hartford (Conn.) Bulkeley Bridge (Conn.)
Topic	Bridges Signs and signboards
Theme	Infrastructure
Description	A large wooden board on a pole reads: "Fares of the Bridge / Each Man and Horse / Foot Passenger / Horse or Mule Led or Driven / Ox or Other Neat Kine Led or Driven / Sheep, Swine or Goat / Chaise, Chair, Sulky or Gig / Cart or Wagon Drawn by One Horse / One Horse Barouche / Curricle with Two Horses and Driver / With or Without Passengers / Four Wheel Pleasure Carriage / With Two Horses and Driver / with or Without Passengers / Two Horse Pleasure Sleigh and Driver / Sled, Sleigh, Cart or Wagon, / Drawn by Two Beasts Loaded / or Empty and Driver / One Horse Pleasure Sleigh and Driver / Extra Beast." Men, women and a small child, some blurred from movement, stand near the sign. A large granite block is behind them. Decorated light poles on the Bulkeley Bridge are visible in the background. Inscribed on back: "Old Toll board / at new bridge / Oct. 08."
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. The old toll board is now in the collections of The Connecticut Historical Society. 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.
Date created	1908
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 25 x 20 cm.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number X.2000.21.29 0534 img0083.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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