Brick commercial buildings line a flooded city street. Men, women, boys and girls stand on the sidewalks or in the water. Other men drive horse-drawn wagons. A wagon at the far right is blurred from movement. Some buildings have awnings and louvered shutters. A sing reads: "Wholesale - Dry Goods & Clothing - Retail" "84 - M & K Greenberg & Co. - 84." A theatrical poster in the shop window at the right reads: ""Proctor's / Apr. 1." Utility poles line the street. Inscribed beneath image: "The Flood / Morgan St. from R.R. bridge / April or May 1895."

Title supplied by cataloger. Kune and Michael Greenberg were the proprietors of M & K Greenberg & Co. Kune Greenberg's son Maurice (b. 1893) was also a clothier according to Hartford Jews, a book by Rabbi Morris Silverman, published in 1970,.

1895

Morgan Street (Hartford, Conn.)

Floods
Commercial buildings
Storefronts
Wagons

Source extent: 1 photographic print ; 12 x 19 cm.

Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.

Accession number 1975.69.1
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