Aftermath of the great Hartford Flood : Pumping water out of a building with an old steam pumper (looking south on Trumbull near corner with Jewell, Bushnell Park in background)

Item Information

Title:
Aftermath of the great Hartford Flood : Pumping water out of a building with an old steam pumper (looking south on Trumbull near corner with Jewell, Bushnell Park in background)
Description:
From a series of images of the great Connecticut River flood of 1936. Most images were possibly taken by Oliver W. Means and printed as real-photo postcards, however at least one appears to have been purchased.
Photographer:
Means, Oliver W.
Date:
[ca. March 1936]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Black-and-white photographs
Photographic postcards
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Blanchard-Means Family Papers
Series:
Series 7. Photographs
Subjects:
Floods--Connecticut--Hartford--Photographs
Natural disasters--Connecticut--Hartford--Photographs
Places:
Connecticut > Hartford (county) > Hartford
Extent:
1 photograph ; 9 x 14 cm
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums830-s07-hrt-i008
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Hartford (Conn.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums830-s07-hrt-i008