Museum purchase, 2006.93.35. © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Stanley Works Office Employees as Red Cross Workers, 1917-1918

Date1917-1918

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 3/8 x 9 3/8in. (18.7 x 23.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 3/4 x 9 3/4in. (19.7 x 24.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 11 7/8 x 13 7/8in. (30.2 x 35.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

DescriptionWomen pose in the interior of a building. Most hold knitting needles and sweaters that they are knitting. Most are smiling. American and British flags hang from the ceiling. A radiator and a window with patterned drapes are at the left. A pencil sharpener and an open transom window are at the right.

Object number2006.93.35

InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pencil, "E. Loomis"; lower right, in pencil, accession number.NotesSubject Note: The same women appear in the same room in 2006.93.5. The mount of that photograph is inscribed, in the upper margin, in black ink, "The American Red Cross During World War." and in the lower margin, also in black ink, "Office Employees at The Stanley Works, as Red Cross workers, making sweaters, socks, etc., for World War men, offer office hours - 1917-1918."

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