Monarch Laundry billboard, Whitney Avenue and Audubon Street, New Haven
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1925
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 9/16 x 5 7/8in. (9 x 15cm)
DescriptionStreet scene with snow on the ground. Automobiles are parked beside the sidewalk. A utility pole, a tree and a pole with a white stripe denoting a trolley stop are beside the street and trolley tracks run down the middle. Businesses include an antique store and the Detroit Timken Co. A large billboard reads: "Say Old Bird / Go Home and Tell Your Mother / An Average / Weekly Family / Washing & Ironing / Costs about $2.50 / Monarch Laundry / [illegible] Sterilized."
Object number1994.162.301
InscribedInscribed on back: "Whitney & audubon."NotesSubject Note: This photograph was taken for the United Advertising Corporation of New Haven to document the placement of their billboards. The Detroit-Timken Co., 58 Whitney Ave., sold oil burners.L. Bostwick's antique store was located at 54 Whitney Ave.Subject Terms
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