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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1900-1925, undated

GUSN

GUSN-309328

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Description

Photo album. Album has a heavy textured dark brown covering and is held together with two metal brads. Album has 54 olive green pages; seventeen of the pages are blank. Album contains 37 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of case furniture manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. The case furniture includes desks, chests, sewing tables and cabinets in a variety of styles; however, all of the pieces open to reveal phonographs or radio receivers. The order number, model number and year are noted on many photographs; no customer names are noted. Several pages have a label for the American Radio and Research Corporation (AMRAD) of Medford Hillside, MA. AMRAD broadcast WGI, one of the first commercial radio stations in the United States from 1915 to 1925. It is presumed that Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport manufactured these pieces for sale to AMRAD or its listeners. Digital images of a selection of photographs from the album are attached to this record.

Details

Descriptive Terms

radio receivers
radio cabinets
phonographs
cabinets (case furniture)
case furniture
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Strong Museum number 286.3

Physical Description

1 photo album containing 54 pages and 37 photographs (11 x 15 x 1 1/2 inches)

Collection Code

CC010

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2012

Reference Code

CC010.006.003

Acquisition Type

Museum Purchase

Dimensions

11 x 15 x 1 1/2 (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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