Caldwell Hart Colt Memorial, Hartford, Ct. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Caldwell Hart Colt Memorial, Hartford, Ct.
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The subject is a memorial to Caldwell Hart Colt (1858-1894), set in Hartford, Connecticut, a city closely tied to the Colt name through the Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company. Monuments like this one, which honor a family member who died young, were common in American cities around 1900 and often served as points of civic pride. The picture is a dry plate glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed towns and landmarks across the country in the early twentieth century. Its survival on glass gives a sharper record of stone and setting than many later prints.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30234. 2175" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018035. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Colt, Caldwell Hart,--1858-1894. Monuments & memorials.United States--Connecticut--Hartford. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-61645 |
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