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Can Modern Architecture Be Good"; Hartford County Bldg." – Historic Print

Can Modern Architecture Be Good"; Hartford County Bldg." — historic print
Can Modern Architecture Be Good"; Hartford County Bldg.". Historic print from the Hartford collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Can Modern Architecture Be Good"; Hartford County Bldg."

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The picture takes its name from a question posed in its magazine article, "Can Modern Architecture Be Good?", which sets the Hartford County Building apart from the other views on this board. It is a halftone reproduction of a photograph with accompanying text, published in *The Federal Architect* in October 1930 across pages 6 through 9. The catalog tags point to the building's doorways and stairways, and to the interest of the period in federal and modern public architecture. The record is based on an old caption card and has not been fully verified, so the dating and tags are best read as a starting point for research.

Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone.
Notes1930 Oct.
Subjectsof photo with text, illus. in The Federal Architect, Oct. 1930, p. 6-9. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Tenn.--T-; Ill.--C-; Doorways; Arch. Colls; Arch.--Details; Post offices; Stairways; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,076 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-133696

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