Duplicate Photographs

Item Information

Title:
Duplicate Photographs
Description:
Photo album. Album is unbound and covers are separated. Album covers have a fabric covering with leather corners. Album has 100 loose pages; fourteen of the pages are blank. Album contains 93 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of objects manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. Items depicted include: chairs, tables, interior woodwork and panelling, newspaper racks, radiator covers, and phonograph cabinets. Church furnishings are also shown and include: sculptures, altars, fonts, and pulpits. A World War I memorial is shown as well as a wall mural displaying the history of transportation. The order number and year are often shown on a display in the photographs; customer names, customer locations, and model numbers are also present in some cases. Digital images of a selection of photographs from the album are attached to this record. Named customers include: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, MA); Nicholas Brady (Roslyn, NY); Church of the Intercession; Edward Welsh Clucas; Mrs. Samuel Colt (Hartford, CT); Elton G. Cushman (Taunton, MA); Mrs. I. Dimond; First Baptist Church (Pittsburgh, PA); R. F. Fryer (Buffalo, NY); Harvard University / Widener Library (Cambridge, MA); George W. Harvey; Noyes Buick Co. (Boston, MA); St. Aidan's Church (Brookline, MA); St. Bartholemew's Church (New York, NY); St. Catherine's Church (Norwood, MA); St. Luke's Catherdral (Portland, ME); St. Thomas Parish Church; F. W. Woolworth (Glen Cove, NY); and the Worcester Country Club (Worcester, MA).
Compiler:
Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co.
Compiler:
A. H. Davenport Co.
Compiler:
Irving & Casson
Date:
1880–1973
Format:
Albums/Scrapbooks
Photographs
Genre:
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
CC010: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
Subjects:
chairs (furniture forms)
side chairs
armchairs
tables (support furniture)
woodwork (general works)
war memorials
bas-reliefs (sculpture)
Christian religious building fixtures
altars (religious fixtures)
reredoses (screens)
high chests of drawers
sideboards (furniture)
pulpits
cellarets (liquor chests)
pedestals
holy water stoups
hymn boards
radiator enclosures
cabinets (case furniture)
record players
Extent:
1 photo album containing 100 pages and 93 photographs (14 5/8 x 10 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches); 14 5/8 in. x 10 1/2 in. x 2 1/4 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/309724
Terms of Use:
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Identifier:
309724
Call #:
CC010.006.008