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Title
City
Hotel
,
217
Main
Street
,
Hartford
.
Place
217 Main Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic
Hotels
Central Business Districts
Commercial buildings
Stores, Retail
Storefronts
Topic-Organization, Vessel
City Hotel (Hartford)
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Description
Five-story
brick
hotel
building
with a
mansard
roof
and
several
chimneys
. A
sign
reads
: "
City
Hotel.
"
Lace
curtains
are
visible
at
some
windows
,
interior
louvered
shutters
at
others
.
Shops
occupying
the
ground
floor
have
signs
that
read
: "
Henry
Hart
,
confectioner
" "
Hart's
/
Pure
Candies
" "
Seyms
&
Co.
" "
Barber
/
Shop
"
Two
striped
poles
indicate
the
presence
of the
barber
shop
.
Lamps
hang
from the
porches
and a
street
light
is
on the
sidewalk
. A
sign
on the
sidewalk
at the
right
reads
: "
Cool
/
Lager
/
Â…Ales
" The
awning
on the
frame
building
at the
right
reads
: "
219
R.H
.
Douthwaite
&
Son.
"
Merchandise
is
displayed
in the
shop
windows
.
Commercial
buildings
at the
left
of the
hotel
have
signs
"
Mitchell
&
Co.
" "
Robbins
Bros.
" "
Â…Winship
[?]
&
Co.
" "
Cabinet
Warehouse
" "
Furniture
" "
Linus
T
.
Fenn
/
Chamber
,
Office
,
Library
/
Dining
Room
&
Hall
/
Furniture.
"
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Curtis
Judson
was the
proprietor
of the
City
Hotel
in
1882
.
Seyms
&
Co
. were
grocers
. The
partners
were
John
Seyms
,
Robert
N
.
Seyms
, and
C.A
.
Champlin
.
Robert
H
.
Douthwaite
and his
son
Robert
H
.
Douthwaite
,
Jr
.
sold
fruit
and
confectionary
.
Dwight
W
.
Mitchell
was a
tobacconist
at
215
Main
Street
.
F.A
.
Robbins
and
P.W.Robbins
were
partners
in
Robbins
Bros
.,
dealers
in
cabinet
furniture
.
Date created
1882
Physical format
1
photographic
print
;
12
x
20
cm
.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
X.2000.14.38
File
name
0532
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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