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Title	Hartford Bridge.
Place	Park River (Conn.) Main Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic	Bridges Rivers Boats and boating Industrial buildings Rowboats
Theme	Environment Infrastructure
Description	View looking west (upstream) at the Stone Bridge on Main Street, crosssing the Park River. The bridge was constructed in 1834. Industrial buildings on the left are located on Sheldon Street; buildings on the right are located on Arch Street. A figure of a man sketching in the left foreground is probably a self portrait of the artist. A man in a rowboat appears in the right foreground, near a whimsical group of fish, an eel and other aquatic creatures clustered around a many-pronged hook. A rectangle in the center of the drawing indicated the portion of the design to be included in the final composition published in Barber's Historical Collection's of Connecticut.<br>
Notes	Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836. <br>
Date created	1835.
Physical format	1 drawing ; 17 x 23 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1953.5.135<br>Photo CD ID 3153 img0037.pcd<br>
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society
Collection	John Warner Barber Collection.<br>
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Drawings

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