"Bank Furniture 36B"

Item Information

Title:
"Bank Furniture 36B"
Description:
Photo album titled: "Bank Furniture 36B." Title is hand printed on paper label applied over an earlier handprinted title on front cover; title and volume number are hand printed in black on spine. Album has a beige fabric covering and 48 dark gray pages, all of which are now loose. Four of the pages are blank. Album contains 45 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of furnishings for banks including chairs, desks, tables, racks, and stools manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor, Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. Also included are: two interior photographs of a meeting room at Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. taken by Paul J. Weber of Dorchester Center, MA; one interior photograph of a room at the Strauss Dormitory at Harvard College; and an interior photograph of a room of the Jeremiah Lee Mansion (Marblehead, MA) by Frank Cousins. The order number and year are often shown on a display in the photographs. Customer names are also handwritten on some album pages. Named customers are: Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. (Boston, MA); First National Bank (Boston, MA); National Park Bank (New York, NY); Newton Trust Company (Waban, MA); Security Insurance Company (Boston, MA); and State Street Trust (Boston, MA); and Worcester North Saving Institution (Fitchburg, MA). Digital images of a selection of photographs from the album are attached to this record.
Compiler:
Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co.
Compiler:
A. H. Davenport Co.
Compiler:
Irving & Casson
Date:
1924–1931
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)
armchairs
side chairs
desks
tables (support furniture)
writing tables
banks (buildings)
stools (seating furniture)
racks (supporting devices)
Cousins, Frank, 1851-1925
Weber, Paul J.
Places:
Jeremiah Lee Mansion
Extent:
1 photo album containing 48 pages and 45 photographs (14 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches); 14 3/4 in. x 12 1/2 in. x 1 1/2 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/295258
Terms of Use:
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Identifier:
295258
Call #:
CC010.002.046