North side of State Street, seen from Main Street
1903
2008
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.
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