Memorial Arch, Hartford, Conn. – Historic Reproduction
(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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Memorial Arch, Hartford, Conn.
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This view shows the Memorial Arch in Hartford, Connecticut, a masonry gateway built to honor local soldiers and sailors, with a carved emblem bearing the Latin phrase "Pos Nubila Phoebus," roughly "after clouds, sunshine." Because the arch spans the roadway, it also reads as a kind of bridge, which is why the catalog lists both subjects. The photograph is a c1905 glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that documented American towns and landmarks in the decades around 1900 and sold views for postcards and travel books. Its archival record notes a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado, so the negative has passed through more than one collection before reaching the Library of Congress.
| 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-30239. Pos Nubila Phoebus" on emblem. "2160 B" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018043. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Memorial arches. Bridges.United States--Connecticut--Hartford. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,855 × 7,408 px · prints to 20 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif18287_MemorialArchHartfordConn |
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