Interior of Sun Insurance Company Office, Danbury
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Date1927
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 10 1/4in. (21 x 26cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionInterior view of an office. A man wearing a suit sits at a desk. A clock, papers and a wire basket are on the desk. A metal wastebasket is under the desk. A steam radiator is behind the desk. A woman with bobbed hair sits at a second desk with a typewriter. A telephone is on a filing cabinet at the left. A telephone directory with a cover that reads: "Bridgeport / District / Telephone / Director hangs nearby. An electric desk lamp is on a second filing cabinet at the right. Framed certificates, framed broadsides and a calendar are on the wall. Some of these read: "Independence Fire / Insurance Company" "The /Columbia / Fire / Insurance Company / of Dayton, Ohio" "Home Fire and Marine Insurance Company / of California..." "Sun Insurance Office" "Gulf Refining / Company / High Grade / Petroleum Products / Pittsburgh." The calendar is dated November 1927. The windows have window shades. A third desk in the left foreground has an ashtray on it. Electric light fixtures are on the ceiling and wall.
Object number1999.69.64
InscribedOn recto, inscribed in ink on the side of the filing cabinets: "Bill McAllister 1927." On verso: "Sun Insurance Office / Danbury, 1927" "Bill McAllister."
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