Hartford, CT – 1903 and 2008

North side of State Street, seen from Main Street

1903

Hartford, CT 1903, Main and State streets

Hartford, CT 1903, Main and State streets

2008

Hartford, CT 2008, Main and State streets

Hartford, CT 2008, Main and State streets

1903
Buildings:
Four 4-story buildings

One corner wrap-around building

Storefronts:
John Rundbaken – Real Estate Broker;

#4, City Coal Co.;
Crane Dentist;
Cigars;
#10 H.P. Hitchcock; P. Johnson – Tailor; A.J. Glazier;
#12 Kashmann’s Store: Coats & Vests, A Large Assortment of Hosiery …, A Complete Line of Hats & Caps, Neckwear Stock …, Butchers Frocks & Aprons, Waiters’ Outfit, A Fine Line of … 50 cents and up
… Ticket Agency
E. Gundlach & Co.

Billboards and Rooftop Signs
corner – Wilson’s High Ball, That’s All
Elihu Geers Sons – City Directory [rooftop sign];

Photo courtesy CT State Library Flickr Photo Set – William H. Thompson Photographs of Hartford, 1903-1906

2008
On the Street:
23+ people, mostly men, but including a few women, all wearing hats
one horse-drawn wagon
streetcar tracks in roadbed

State Street in this area has made into a pedestrian-only plaza
9 people are visible
One city bus
A glass-enclosed arcade fronts a jumble of stark, brown marble & glass faced office buildings.