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Corning Fountain and State Capitol, Hartford, CT, circa 1915

Subjects
Monuments & MemorialsPublic Parks & Commons
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Corning Fountain and State Capitol, Hartford, CT, circa 1915, Morris Berman, CT, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Corning Fountain and State Capitol, Hartford, CT, circa 1915, Morris Berman, CT, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The Corning Fountain stands in the foreground of Bushnell Park, with the gold dome of the Connecticut State Capitol rising above the trees behind it. The fountain was carved by sculptor J. Massey Rhind and paid for by a bequest from Hartford businessman John J. Corning, who wanted a memorial in the city's central park. Bushnell Park, laid out in the 1850s, is among the oldest publicly funded parks in the United States, and the Capitol at its north end was completed in 1878. The pairing of fountain and dome made a standard view for Hartford postcards of the era.

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PublisherMorris Berman
CORNING FOUNTAIN AND STATE CAPITOL, BUSHNELL PARK, HARTFORD, CONN.
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Postcard record

PublisherMorris Berman
Series2534
ConditionVery good
PublisherMorris Berman, New Haven, CT
NotesWhite border; series number 2534 at lower left; caption printed in red; printer's trademark octagon logo between POST and CARD. No postmark. Divided back; white border; publisher imprint Morris Berman, New Haven, Conn.; address side otherwise blank; dealer mark .50.

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Corning Fountain and State Capitol, Hartford, CT, circa 1915, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/corning-fountain-and-state-capitol-hartford-ct-circa-1915. Accessed November 2, 2026.