Standard Building, corner of Fairfield Avenue and Middle Street, Bridgeport.

A four-story brick commercial building with an overhanging cornice is at the corner of two intersecting dirt streets. A sign on the building reads "Standard Building." Men stand in front of the building and sit on the steps. One man stands on the second floor balcony. Broadsides are posted on a building at the far left. Hitching posts line the sidewalks. A tree stump and a street light are in the left foreground.