Sylvester Dunham and John Emery Morris at Travelers Insurance Company, 56 Prospect Street, Hartford
Dateabout 1895
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 6 5/16in. (21 x 16cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary Phelps Morris
DescriptionTwo men sit beside a large wooden desk. The man on the right has a beard and holds a sheet of paper. The man on the left has a mustache and sits in a swivel chair. He holds eyeglasses in his hand. Both men wear suits. On the desk are a hat, a bell, ink bottles, a wicker file basket, and an apparatus for stamping or embossing documents. A framed print, a composite portrait of a large number of men, hangs on the wall. A calendar hangs near a window. A large card filing cabinet is at the left. A printed carpet is on the floor. A lamp with a shade and electric light bulbs is over the desk. A large light fixture, apparently for gaslight, is in the left foreground.
Object number1985.134.28
InscribedOn verso: "E.B. Morris. / Sylvester Dunham & John Emery Morris, Treasurer of Conn. Hist. Soc., (are shown) / at Travelers? / 1890s."NotesSubject Note: John Emery Morris was an assistant secretary at Travelers Insurance Company. Sylvester C. Dunham was an attorney at Travelers Insurance Company.On View
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