View of harbor from elevator, Bridgeport, Conn., 1905

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1905

GUSN

GUSN-189821

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General photographic collection
Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
Geographic locations
Temporary
View of harbor from elevator, Bridgeport, Conn., 1905
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General photographic collection
- Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
  - Geographic locations
    - Temporary

Description

Full color postcard depicting Bridgeport Harbor. There are fishing steamers, barges, yachts and the "Waterbury" paddle wheel docked along the many piers and wharves. The top of the postcard is inscribed with a partially illegible note.

Details

Descriptive Terms

yachts
fishing vessels
barges (flat-bottomed watercraft)
harbors
dockyards
transportation
postcards
photographs

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.018

Places

Bridgeport Harbor (Fairfield county, Connecticut) [harbor]

Record Details

Originator

H.C. Leighton, Co. (Portland, Me.) (Tailor)

Material Type

postcards
photographs

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg.134. Original in Postcards - Bridgeport, CT

Description Level

Item

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