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Western Union Igloo Display
Date1935
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 9 15/16 × 12 1/2in. (25.2 × 31.8cm)
Credit LineGift of Lynn Ferrari
DescriptionBlack and white photograph affixed to scrapbook page depicting the Western Union igloo display at G. Fox & Co., Christmas 1935. The display consists of an igloo-shaped structure with a counter cut out in the center. A Western Union worker sits at the counter and is dressed in winter clothing and a fur lined hat. A sign hanging above the igloo reads, "Direct Wire To Santa Claus." The reverse of the scrapbook page features a newspaper clipping, "The Sporting Visa by A. B. McGinley," covering the annual Syracuse-Colgate fracas.
Object number2017.86.18
InscribedHandwritten in black ink on scrapbook paper beneath photo: "G. FOX + CO. DEPT STORE / XMAS 1935 HARTFORD, CONN." Handwritten in black ink below newspaper clipping on back: "603"
Handwritten in black ink on back: "THE TRIP UP– / BATTERY TROUBLE / THE TRIP BACK / THE FLAT IN HERKIMER / THE CLUB DICKMAN / STONEY MARION / & / ESTHER / DWYER AT THE WOOD / BREAKFAST IN / WATERTOWN– (DOING NOTHING) / TEACHERS HIGHLAND CREAM / RUTH BALL AT THE / COSMO / FRANCIS AND I BURY / THE HATCHET"
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