Constitution Plaza Festival of Light, Hartford

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Creator: Natural Color Cards Co. (Creator)
Content From: Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library
Description: View of Constitution Plaza, Hartford, identified on the back as: "Festival of Light, the clock tower resembles a giant candlestick, surrounded by a base of sixteen-foot spruce trees covered with tiers of lights."
Note: Constitution Plaza was part of a downtown redevelopment effort undertaken in the 1950s and 1960s. The holiday lighting is an annual event. Postcard is one of the items in the Richard Mahoney Collection, which contains postcards depicting Hartford and the surrounding areas. Dating is generally based on information from secondary sources regarding publisher history, building history, or postmark.
Date: 1964 - 1990
Place: Hartford (Conn.)
Topic: Office buildings
Urban renewal
Genre: postcards
Physical Description: Source extent: 1 postcard : color
Rights: Copyright restrictions may apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library.
Identifier: hpl_hhc_mahoney_0357a
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:4752

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Creator: Natural Color Cards Co. (Creator)
Content From: Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library
Description: View of Constitution Plaza, Hartford, identified on the back as: "Festival of Light, the clock tower resembles a giant candlestick, surrounded by a base of sixteen-foot spruce trees covered with tiers of lights."
Note: Constitution Plaza was part of a downtown redevelopment effort undertaken in the 1950s and 1960s. The holiday lighting is an annual event. Postcard is one of the items in the Richard Mahoney Collection, which contains postcards depicting Hartford and the surrounding areas. Dating is generally based on information from secondary sources regarding publisher history, building history, or postmark.
Date: 1964 - 1990
Place: Hartford (Conn.)
Topic: Office buildings
Urban renewal
Genre: postcards
Physical Description: Source extent: 1 postcard : color
Rights: Copyright restrictions may apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library.
Identifier: hpl_hhc_mahoney_0357
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:5088

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