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"Dining Tables 43A"

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1880-1973, undated

GUSN

GUSN-295274

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Description

Photo album titled: "Dining Tables 43A." Title is hand printed in black on front cover; title and volume number are hand printed in black on spine. Album has a beige fabric covering and 112 dark gray pages, all of which are now loose. Twenty-five of the pages are blank. Album contains 88 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of dining tables manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor, Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. The order number and year are often shown on a display in the photographs; model numbers are also provided in some cases. Customer names are handwritten on some album pages. Named customers include: F. E. Anderson (Houston, TX); Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, MA); D. E. Burbank (Springfield, MA); S. E. M. Crocker; Lockwood de Forest; W. P. Draper (New York, NY); A. H. Godfrey (New York, NY); H. C. Gutterman; W. E. Lannefeld (Arlington, MA); Ernest Whitworth Marland (Ponca City, OK); Mrs. J. A. Pollack; The Rockefller Institute for Medical Research (New York, NY); Smalley and Myers; E. F. Tomlinson (Boston, MA); Mrs. J. C. Whitman; Mr. William M. Wood, Jr.; and the 107th Regiment Armory (New York, NY). Digital images of a selection of photographs from the album are attached to this record.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dining tables
tables (support furniture)
pedestal tables
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Strong Museum number 82.43A

Physical Description

1 photo album containing 112 pages and 88 photographs (14 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches)

Collection Code

CC010

Collection Name

Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

Date of Acquisition

2012

Reference Code

CC010.002.062

Acquisition Type

Museum Purchase

Dimensions

14 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 2 1/2 (HxWxD)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

Irving & Casson (Compiler)
A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Compiler)
Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Compiler)

Material Type

photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs

Description Level

File

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