No. 451, East Main Street, Norwich Flood
No. 451, East Main Street, Norwich Flood
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- Description (Brief)
- black and white stereograph mounted on orange cardstock; photograph by Edward Z. Webster; printed on verso "Webster's / Stereoscopic Views of the Great Flood, Mar. 26, 1876. / Norwich, during the Flood / No. 451, Shows both sides of East Main street, from Union street, to the Universalist Church, Franklin Square, and almost the entire street is under water. / Gallery, corner Main and Shetucket Sts., Norwich."; handwritten on verso "Lewis No 3"; flooded, unpaved street flanked by flooded building extends through center of image from foreground to background; at end of street is the Universalist Church; in the foreground, a large group of men have gathered on both sides of the street to pose for the photograph
- Object Name
- stereograph
- date made
- 1876-03-26
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Norwich
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 7 in; 10.16 cm x 17.78 cm
- ID Number
- 2012.3033.0721
- nonaccession number
- 2012.3033
- catalog number
- 2012.3033.0721
- subject
- Men
- Floods
- Disasters
- Architecture
- Church
- City landscape
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- Music & Musical Instruments
- Photography
- Religion
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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