Antique & Vintage Postcards

Chrome-era view of the new home office of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company in Hartford, Connecticut — promoted as the world's first elliptical office building. The distinctive curved glass curtain-wall tower rises above a low podium base, its elliptical form clearly visible against a blue sky. The classical steeple of the Travelers Insurance Building is visible at left rear, providing a striking contrast between Hartford's insurance-industry past and present. The street in the foreground is quiet, with a single parked car visible at left.