Drugstore and Restaurant Interiors with Fixtures by the L. F. Dettenborn Woodworking Company
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1920-1940
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper mounted on linen. Album is leather-covered cardboard with brass posts and screws.
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 5/8 x 9 9/16in. (19.4 x 24.3cm)
Other (album height x width): 9 x 11 1/2in. (22.9 x 29.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 5/8 x 9 9/16in. (19.4 x 24.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 5/8 x 11in. (19.4 x 27.9cm)
Other (album height x width): 9 x 11 1/2in. (22.9 x 29.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 5/8 x 9 9/16in. (19.4 x 24.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 5/8 x 11in. (19.4 x 27.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionGlass counters and display cases are arranged in the interiors of drugstores. Some photographs include soda fountains, lunch counters, and prescription counters. Two young men wearing white jackets, one of them wearing a bow tie, are behind the counters in one photograph. Merchandise includes books, candy, cigars, comic books, magazines, medicines, newspapers (including the Hartford Courant), pipes, stationery, and toiletries. Some photographs include cash registers, clocks, coat racks, electric light bulbs and electrical fixtures, electric fans, flower arrangements, telephones, and tin ceilings. Restaurant interiors include boothes, tables, and chairs. Most tables and boothes have tableclothes and condiments on them.
Object number2003.110.1.1-.51
InscribedOn recto, most photographs have numbers written on negative in the upper right corner. These numbers do not correspond to the order of the photographs in the album.On verso, each photograph has a typewritten label identifying the business and its location. Accession number of each photograph is inscribed in pencil, lower right. Accession number of album is inscribed in white pencil inside front cover, lower right.NotesSubject Note: Restaurants include F.G. Jensen and the Oyster Bay Grill, both in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the Sea Food Restaurant and the Hotel Garde Restaurant in Hartford, Connecticut. Drugstores are all Connecticut locations, and include the York Elm Pharmacy in New Haven; the Bay State Drug Co. and the Nathan Hale Pharmacy in Willimantic; the Aetna Drug Co., the State Pharmacy, the Forest Drug Co., Euclid Pharmacy, Ideal Drug Co., and the Bond Pharmacy in Hartford; Douden's Drug Store in Guilford; the Bria Drug Store in Waterbury; the Windsor Drug Co. in Windsor; Monroe Pharmacy and Packard Pharmacy in New Britain; and Hoffert's Pharmacy in Simsbury. (Finlay 12/17/2003)
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