1880-1973, undated
GUSN-295275
Photo album titled: "Mirrors: Oblong, Round, Oval, Shaving." Title is hand printed in black on spine. Album has a beige fabric covering and 96 dark gray pages, all of which are now partially loose. Fourteen of the pages are blank. Album contains two loose and 82 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of mirrors 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 are: Ed K. Davis (Marstons Mills, MA); W. P. Draper (New York, NY); Fishers Island Club (Fishers Island, NY); E. B. Horne; Jesuit Novitiate (Wernersville, PA); A. H. Lockett (New York, NY); Mrs. C. T. Lovering, Jr. (Boston, MA); Charles D. Maginnis (Brookline, MA); Henry Miller; E. Parmalee Prentice (Williamstown, MA); Joseph Samuels (Providence, RI); Thayer McNeil Co. (Wellesley, MA); and Wellesley College, Agora House (Wellesley, MA). Digital images of a selection of photographs from the album are attached to this record.
mirrors
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs
Strong Museum number 83.44
1 photo album containing 96 pages and 84 photographs (14 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches)
CC010
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
2012
CC010.002.063
Museum Purchase
14 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 2 1/4 (HxWxD)(inches)
Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Compiler)
A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Compiler)
Irving & Casson (Compiler)
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs
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