Hartford, Connecticut Bridge Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Adams, Nettie
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
place: label: Place
content: Connecticut
label: Place
content: Hartford (Conn.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Connecticut
label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Design and construction
label: Topic
content: Construction
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection purchased by Nettie W. Adams in 1971 for the the Museum's Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (now the Division of Work and Industry).
creator: label: Creator
content: Adams, Nettie
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection consists of an album of 208 mounted photographs documenting the Connecticut River Bridge in Hartford, Connecticut.  Subjects include the bridge, approaches, and street construction work.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box
)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-1905
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred from the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (now the Division of Work and Industry) to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1066
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Albums
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Deborah Khuanghlawn (intern); supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2010.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Albums -- 1900-1920
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 1900-1910
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains an album of 208 mounted photographs documenting the construction of the Connecticut River Bridge in Hartford, Connecticut. Included among the photographs is a group portrait of commissioners, engineers, and contractors at Laying Corner Stone, East Abutment on April 16, 1904.  There are also photographs of businesses, carriages, children playing, construction workers, houses and street cars. There is also some correspondence in the album.  The individual who created the album is unknown.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History 

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