Hilton Hotel viewed through Memorial Arch, Hartford

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Creator: Plastichrome (Creator)
Content From: Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library
Description: View of the Hilton Hotel looking through the Memorial Arch. Information on the back reads: "The Hotel Hilton viewed through Bushnell Park Archway, near State Capitol building in Hartford, Connecticut"
Note: The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch is a brownstone Gothic and Romanesque revival monument standing 116 feet high. The Arch was designed by Hartford architect George Keller and erected at a cost of $50,000 in 1886. The monument features terra cotta friezes depicting scenes from the Civil War and is dedicated to the 4,000 Hartford citizens who served in the Civil War. 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: Hotels
Soldiers' monuments
War memorials
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_0258a
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:5173

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Creator: Plastichrome (Creator)
Content From: Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library
Description: View of the Hilton Hotel looking through the Memorial Arch. Information on the back reads: "The Hotel Hilton viewed through Bushnell Park Archway, near State Capitol building in Hartford, Connecticut"
Note: The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch is a brownstone Gothic and Romanesque revival monument standing 116 feet high. The Arch was designed by Hartford architect George Keller and erected at a cost of $50,000 in 1886. The monument features terra cotta friezes depicting scenes from the Civil War and is dedicated to the 4,000 Hartford citizens who served in the Civil War. 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: Hotels
Soldiers' monuments
War memorials
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_0258a
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:5173

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