"Desks 53A"
Item Information
- Title:
- "Desks 53A"
- Description:
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Photo album titled: "Desks 53A." Title is hand printed in black on front cover; title, subtitle, and volume number are hand printed in black on spine. Album has a beige fabric covering and 122 dark gray pages, some of which are now loose. Three of the pages are blank. Album contains 128 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of desks 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 present in some cases. Customer names have been provided on some album pages. Named customers include: Alley & Emery (Boston, MA); Howard Crosby Alley; Auburn Memorial City Hall (Auburn, NY); Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, MA); Blue Hill National Bank (Milton, MA); Colonel Bradlee; Chase National Bank (New York, NY); George B. Cluett (Troy, NY); Mrs. Alvah Crocker; W. P. Draper (New York, NY); J. J. Hill; Irving Trust Company (New York, NY); Library Bureau (Boston, MA); A. J. Lloyd Co.; G. B. MacCullum; Manufacturers and Traders National Bank (Buffalo, NY); The Masters School (Dobbs Ferry, NY); Merchants National Bank (New Bedford, MA); Milton Academy (Milton, MA); J. P. Morgan Co. (New York, NY); E. Parmalee Prentice (Williamstown, MA); Providence Institute of Savings (Providence, RI); Riverside Church (New York, NY); Scranton Lace Co. (Scranton, PA); W. & J. Sloane (New York, NY); Starrett and van Vleck (New York, NY); J. H. Wainwright (New York, NY); William Whitman (Brookline, MA); Samuel Clay Williams (Winston-Salem, NC); Women's City Club (Boston, MA); and Woonsocket Institute (Woonsocket, RI). Digital images of a selection of photographs from the album are attached to this record.
- Date:
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1880–1973
- Format:
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Albums/Scrapbooks
Photographs
- Genre:
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photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs
- Location:
- Historic New England
- Collection (local):
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CC010: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
- Subjects:
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desks
rolltop desks
- Extent:
- 1 photo album containing 122 pages and 128 photographs (14 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches); 14 3/4 in. x 12 1/2 in. x 2 3/4 in. (H x W x D)
- Link to Item:
- https://gusn.us/295497
- Terms of Use:
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Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
- Identifier:
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295497
- Call #:
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CC010.002.080