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Interiors

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1880-1973, undated

GUSN

GUSN-298903

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Description

Photo album. Album has a heavy textured dark brown covering and is held together with two metal brads. Spine covering and album label are missing. Album has 58 olive green pages; 44 of the pages are blank. Albums contains photographs and photomechanical prints depicting furnished interiors of private residences, businesses and government buildings. It is uncertain if all buildings depicted contain the work of A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, or their successor, Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. Identified residences include those of William Slocum Barstow (Kings Point, LI); William Robertson Coe (Oyster Bay, NY); Jere A. Downs (Winchester, MA); Edwin S. George (Bloomfield Hills, MI); and Mrs. C. R. Holmes (New York, NY). Other named buildings include: Appleton Memorial Dining Room; First National Bank (Boston, MA); Hotel Brunswick (Boston, MA); John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. (Boston, MA); and Nebraska State Capital (Lincoln, NE). Digital images of a selection of photographs from the album are attached to this record.

Details

Descriptive Terms

interior views
interior design
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs
photomechanical prints

Additional Identification Number

Strong Museum number 209.97

Physical Description

1 photo album containing 58 pages and 14 images (11 x 15 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches)

Collection Code

CC010

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2012

Reference Code

CC010.002.170

Acquisition Type

Museum Purchase

Dimensions

11 x 15 1/2 x 1 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
photomechanical prints

Description Level

File

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