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Capitol-- Winter's Night. Hartford, Conn.
The Capitol Building in Hartford, with its dome lighted. A frozen fountain is visible in the foreground.
Old Charter Oak. Hartford Conn.
A picket fence encloses a large tree and a white house in the distance. Printed on front of card: "Fell Aug. 21, 1856."
Charter Oak Chair and Original Connecticut Charter
A postcard with two images: the chair carved from the Charter Oak, which fell in 1856; and the Charter of 1662.
Charter Oak Tree, Hartford, Conn.
Legend has it that the Connecticut Charter of 1662 was hidden in the trunk of this tree in 1687. The tree was blown over in a storm in 1856.
Lake, Keney Park, Hartford, Conn.
Henry Keeney provided for the creation of this park, which was designed by Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot, and opened in 1896.
Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Conn.
A wide, tree-lined road with trolley tracks leads into the distance.
State Armory and Arsenal, Hartford, Conn.
The State Armory and Arsenal was designed by Benjamin W. Morris and completed in 1909.
Hartford, Conn. Wadsworth Atheneum and the Davis Spencer Morgan Memorial.
The Wadsworth Building, which opened in 1844, and the Morgan Memorial Building, completed in 1915.