Group Photographs relating to Gustave Lawson
PhotographerPhotographed by
International Art Company
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Gustave Lawson
Date1914-1918
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper, most on cardboard mounts
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 10 1/4 x 13 1/4in. (26 x 33.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/4 x 13 1/4in. (26 x 33.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 12 x 16in. (30.5 x 40.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/4 x 13 1/4in. (26 x 33.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 12 x 16in. (30.5 x 40.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Dorothy Lawson
DescriptionGroup photographs include formal group portraits of baseball, basketball, and football team photographs with the players in uniform holding balls and equipment. Teams include the Ben-Hurs and the Tigers. Another photograph shows the Tiger Athletic Club's annual banquet at the Hotel Garde, Hartford. Another shows young men in naval uniform at the Recruit Training Center in Bainbridge, Maryland. A final photograph appears to show a confirmation class: girls in white dresses hold bouquest and boys with carnations in their buttonholes surround an elderly man, apparently a minister, wearing a clerical collar. The same painted studio backdrop appears in two different photographs.
Object number2014.26.1-.8
NotesSubject Note: Gustave Lawson was born 30 November 1894, the son of Swedish immigrants. As a young man, he excelled at sports and was a member of the Ben-Hurs and the Tigers, Hartford athletic teams. He played basketball, baseball, and football. He served in the United States Navy during World War I, from 1918 to 1919. He died in Delray Beach, Florida in March 1978. Most if not all pictures include Gustave Lawson. (Finlay 3/11/2014)On View
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