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Title	Fire at Sawyer and Co., 420 Main Street, Hartford, January 1887.
Place	420-424 Main Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic	Fires Commercial buildings
Topic-Organization, Vessel	George O. Sawyer & Co
Theme	Infrastructure
Description	A large group of men and women stand in the street in front of a fire-gutted commercial block. A ladder leans against the building. Windows are broken and shutters are dilapidated. Icicles hang from cornices. The commercial building at the right has a sign that reads: "G. Fox 1880." The building at the left has a sign that reads: "Wall Papers / House Furnishings." Inscribed on back: "Burning of Geo. O. Sawyer & Co. store on the east side of Main / Street and opposite Christ Church & head of Church street. / This was burned in the winter of [blank] and a most desperate / fire lasting more than half a day."
Notes	George O. Sawyer and C.H. Emmons were the partners in Sawyer and Co., which sold ladies goods. Their store at 420 Main Street burned on January 9, 1887.
Date created	1887.
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 12 x 19 cm.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number X.2000.34.24 File name 2824 img0045.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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