Office Interior, Billings and Spencer, Hartford
Dateabout 1910
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 1/2 x 6 11/16in. (14 x 17cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionInterior of an office with vertical wood paneled walls. In the right foreground, a man with a mustache wearing a cap sits at a desk holding a sheet of paper. A telephone is on the desk. An electric light and a gaslight are above the desk. An eyeshade hangs from the wall near an electric fan. A young man in a vest places long narrow slips of paper in a cardholder on the wall.
Object number2000.185.14
InscribedOn verso: Billings & Spencer / Htfd."NotesSubject Note: Billings & Spencer had factories on Russ Street, at the corner of Lawrence Street, at 1 Laurel Street and on Capitol Avenue. The company manufactured drop forgings for pistols, sewing machines, locomotives, trolleys and "machines of every description.On View
Not on view