Photograph Album -- Case Furniture

Item Information

Title:
Photograph Album -- Case Furniture
Description:
Photo album. Album has a heavy textured dark brown covering and is held together with two metal brads. Binding is missing on spine where title had been affixed with a paper label. Label is not present. Album has 126 olive green pages, 26 of which are blank. Album contains two loose and 100 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of case furniture manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor, Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. Types of furniture include: cabinets, cupboards, radio cabinets, commodes, lowboys, secretaries. corner cupboards, bookcases, and display cabinets. Order number and year are displayed in some photographs; model numbers are also provided in some instances. Also present in the album are thirteen loose photomechanical prints, eleven of which are of Michaelangelo's paintings in the Sistine Chapel. Digital images of a selection of photographs from the album are attached to this record. No customer names are noted on the photographs; however, some customers may be identified by cross referencing order numbers and years to other items in the collection whre the customer name is known. Identified customers include: Elinor E. Abbot; Mrs. S. G. Adams (Boston, MA); John W. Alden (West Newton, MA); Frank E. Anderson (Houston, TX); Frank Barrabee; Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, MA); Paul Clark (Brookline, MA); Morgan W. Daboll; Employers' Liability Assurance Co. (Boston, MA); Richard Engstrom (Lexington, MA); Albert M. French; Mrs. Edwin Ginn (Winchester, MA); Mrs. Robert H. Grass; Mrs. J. D. Henderson; Mrs. John J. Hicks; H. D. Hinman (Binghampton, NY); H. A. Hoffman (Barrington, RI); Mrs. Roland G. Hopkins; International Nickel Company Inc. (New York, NY); Jay's (Boston, MA); Johns Manville Corp.; Mrs. Benjamin N. Johnson (Lynn, MA); Mrs. M. Kattwinkel; Louis Kroh Liggett (Chestnut Hill, MA); Charles D. Maginnis (Brookline, MA); William M. Marston (Newton, MA); Abner Merrill; E. Parmalee Prentice (Williamstown, MA); Henry M. Shreve; Henry Davis Sleeper (Boston, MA); Starrett & van Vleck (New York, NY); M. H. Stephens; Union Trust Co. (Providence, RI); and 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
Prints
Genre:
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photomechanical prints
photographs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
CC011: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II
Subjects:
case furniture
cabinets (case furniture)
cupboards (case furniture)
commodes (French chests of drawers)
corner cabinets
china cabinets
music cabinets
secretaries (furniture)
secretary-bookcases (bookcases)
bookcases
hanging cabinets
low chests
handiwork tables
Sleeper, Henry Davis, 1878-1934
Extent:
1 photo album containing 126 pages and 102 photographs (11 x 15 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches); 11 in. x 15 1/2 in. x 2 1/4 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/312751
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Identifier:
312751
Call #:
CC011.007.001