Interior of Sun Insurance Company Office, Danbury
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1927
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 10 1/4in. (21 x 26cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Object number1999.69.64
DescriptionInterior view of an office. A man wearing a suit sits at a desk. A clock, papers and a wire basket are on the desk. A metal wastebasket is under the desk. A steam radiator is behind the desk. A woman with bobbed hair sits at a second desk with a typewriter. A telephone is on a filing cabinet at the left. A telephone directory with a cover that reads: "Bridgeport / District / Telephone / Director hangs nearby. An electric desk lamp is on a second filing cabinet at the right. Framed certificates, framed broadsides and a calendar are on the wall. Some of these read: "Independence Fire / Insurance Company" "The /Columbia / Fire / Insurance Company / of Dayton, Ohio" "Home Fire and Marine Insurance Company / of California..." "Sun Insurance Office" "Gulf Refining / Company / High Grade / Petroleum Products / Pittsburgh." The calendar is dated November 1927. The windows have window shades. A third desk in the left foreground has an ashtray on it. Electric light fixtures are on the ceiling and wall.
Status
Not on view
