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"Mirrors 72"

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1880-1973, undated

GUSN

GUSN-296054

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Description

Photo album titled: "Mirrors 72." Title is hand printed on a round paper label affixed to spine; volume number is also printed on a paper label affixed to spine. Album has a heavy textured dark brown covering and is held together with two metal brads. Album has 114 olive green pages; twenty-one of the pages are blank. Album contains 93 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of mirrors designed and manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor, Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. The order number or model number and year are often shown on a display in the photograph; others are handwritten. No customer names are noted. Also included in the album is a loose sheet of Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. letterhead paper used for estimates. Digital images of a selection of items from the album are attached to this record.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mirrors
cheval glasses
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Strong Museum number 184.72

Physical Description

1 photo album containing 114 pages and 93 photographs (11 x 15 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches)

Collection Code

CC010

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2012

Reference Code

CC010.002.148

Acquisition Type

Museum Purchase

Dimensions

11 x 15 1/2 x 2 1/4 (HxWxD)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

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

Material Type

photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs

Description Level

File

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