Morgan Street – 1903 and 2008

Hartford, CT – Then and Now

Morgan St. looking west in 1903

Morgan St. looking west in 1903

Morgan St. looking west in 2008

Morgan St. looking west in 2008

1903 View

St. Anthony’s R.C. Church on north (right) side of street, about halfway to Main Street
streetcar and horse-drawn wagon in foreground
18+ people are visible, two on bicycles
#84 K. Greenberg, Wholesale | … Clothing | Retail
#84 (ground floor) Harry Bland? Bicycle Repair, note pram out front

Chicago Dressed Beef, south side of street, left foreground

Note the tangle of electric wires and poles, and early electric arc street lamp.

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

2008 View

Morgan Street is now an access ramp to Interstate I-84

Another view of Morgan Street in 1903

Morgan St., west of railroad bridge, in 1903

Morgan St., west of railroad bridge, in 1903