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Group portrait of men and women attending a Roosevelt Club dinner at the Hotel Somerset

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

20 November 1920

GUSN

GUSN-202366

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Description

Group portrait of men and women attending a Roosevelt Club dinner in honor of Henry Cabot Lodge. Most are seated at Hotel Somerset dining room tables. Henry Cabot Lodge (ninth from left) is among twenty men standing at the head table. Programs for the event are on every table.

Details

Descriptive Terms

events
Costume (Hierarchy Name)
celebrations
group portraits
interior views
hats
tableware
dining tables
clubs (associations)
dining rooms
headgear
commercial buildings
tables (support furniture)
gelatin silver prints
photographs

Inscription

Recto: [in negative:] Photo by FAIRFIELD 240 Huntington Ave. BOSTON Dinner by the Roosevelt Club in Honor of Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge. Hotel Somerset...Boston..Nov. 20, 1920.; Verso: Gift of Est. of Mr. Wm Sturgis Bigelow 4 June 1927 [stamped with photographer's name and address:] Fairfield Commercial Photographer 240 Huntington Ave. (Cor. Mass. Ave.) BOSTON, MASS. Tel. 1282 Back Bay

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 154
OVP Number OVP0297

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

04 June 1927

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.297

Image Dimensions

19 x 8.75 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of William Sturgis Bigelow.

Record Details

Originator

Fairfield Commercial Photographer (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin silver prints
photographs

Other People

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Other Organizations

Roosevelt Club (Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Collars
Hotels (public accomodations)
Men
Politicians
Programs
Women
Boston (Mass.)

Restrictions

Smudging on verso.

Description Level

Item

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