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Title	Flood of 1936: cleanup on Front Street, Hartford.
Place	Front Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic	Floods Commercial buildings Disaster relief Clothing trade Drugstores Flood, 1936
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Rosenbaum's Good-fit Uniform Co State Pharmacy
Theme	Livelihood Infrastructure
Description	Debris, including cardboard boxes and paper, is piled and scattered on the street and sidewalk. Piles of clothing are stacked on wooden tables. A barrel is at the right. Five men stand nearby. One holds a stack of hats. Other holds a shovel. One man wears a uniform, possibly a National Guard uniform, and boots. Two others wear vests. An electric street light and a fire callbox are on the corner. Brick commercial buildings are in the background. Signs on businesses read: "[Good Fit] Uniform Co." "340 - Rosenbaum's - 340" "State Pharmacy" "Farmacia / Italiana" "Liquors / Candy / Soda / Cigars." "The J.A....emler Co. Grocers - 205" "Olive Oil." A street sign reads: "Front St." Inscribed on back: "After 1936 flood / Front Street, north corner of State St."
Notes	Samuel Rosenbaum was the proprietor of the Good Fit Uniform Co. at 340 Front Street. Frank Uricchio and Daniel J. Richi were the proprietors of the State Pharmacy at 204 State Street.
Date created	1936.
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 12 x 20 cm.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number X.2000.34.54 File name 2824 img0058.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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