Employees of the Connecticut Motor Vehicles Department
PhotographerPhotographed by
Connecticut State Police
PhotographerPhotographed by
Post & Yalden, Inc.
American
Dateabout 1950
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 9/16 x 9 1/2in. (19.2 x 24.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 1/8 x 10in. (20.6 x 25.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 1/8 x 10in. (20.6 x 25.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Ruth Goodale
DescriptionFormal group portraits of women office workers. The women wear dresses, nylon stockings, and high heels. Some women wear jewelry. At least one woman is wearing eyeglasses. A third photographs shows women at wokr in an office. Photographs include typewriters, electric desk lamps and ceiling lamps, a calendar, an electric fan, desks, filing cabinets. A Christmas tree appears in one photograph, large floral arrangements and candles in candlesticks in another.
Object number2006.44.24-.26
Inscribed2004.44.24: On verso, in blue ink, "About 1950 / Note typewriter / Arline Hainsworth Center"2006.44.25: On verso, in blue ink, "Ct. Motorvehicle Dept. / about 1950 / Arline / (Ctr.) / Hainsworth"
2006.44.26: On verso, in blue ink, "About 1950 / Arline Hainsworth Dept. Motor Vehicles / Htfd. Ct."
All photographs, on verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
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