Silas Chapman and Employees in Office
Datebefore 1913
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 x 8 1/8in. (15.2 x 20.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 x 8 1/8in. (20.3 x 20.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 x 12in. (20.3 x 30.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 x 8 1/8in. (20.3 x 20.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 x 12in. (20.3 x 30.5cm)
Credit LineGift of H. Thomas Cornelius
DescriptionThree women and four men pose in the interior of an office, surrounded by desks, filing cabinets, and other office furniture. A bentwood chair is in the foreground. Framed prints, posters, and a clock are on the wall and a decorative frieze runs beneath the ceiling. Posters and signs read: "British / America" "Hanover / Fire / Insurance Co. / New York" "Accident Tickets / Aetna Life / For Sale Here."
Object number2009.86.3
InscribedOn recto, beneath image, in black ink, "Emma G. Burnham - Katarina M. Outerson - Silas Chapman, Jr. / M. C. Moran - Whitmore Emmons - Louis Behmer / Archie Martin - Schwab"On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSugject Note: The Silas Chapman Insurance Agency was located in the Charter Oak National Bank Building at the corner of Asylum and Trumbull Streets. (Finlay 3/3/2012)
Date Note: The elderly woman in the photograph is Emma G. Burnham, who was born in 1865. The photograph must date before her death in 1913. (Finlay 3/3/2012)
On View
Not on viewlate 19th-early 20th century