Caledonian Insurance Company: Interiors and Employees
PhotographerPhotographed by
G. R. Anderson
PhotographerPhotographed by
George E. Meyers
American, 1900 - 1971
Date1936-1940
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 7/16 x 10 9/16in. (18.9 x 26.8cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 7 7/8 x 11 1/8in. (20 x 28.3cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 7 7/8 x 11 1/8in. (20 x 28.3cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Robert Bauerle
DescriptionInteriors of a building include a large room arranged as a dining room and as a lecture hall, with folding chairs, tables, electric light fixtures, and potted palms. A stage and Windsor chairs are visible in one photograph. Some photographs include men and women seated at tables that are set with dishes, glasses, and candles. One photograph is a group portrait of twenty men posed in front of what appears to be a corporate logo incorporating a rampant lion. The men where suits, neckties, and vests. A clock is on the wall. Sprinkler heads are in the ceiling.
Object number2003.55.61-.66
InscribedOn verso of each photograph, lower right, in pencil: accession number.2003.55.61 is inscribed on verso, in blue ink: "Compliments of / W.F. Miller & Co."
2003.55.65 is inscribed on verso, in black ink: "MANAGEMENT / CALEDONIAN INS. CO. ca. 1938 FRONT ROW / 3RD FROM LEFT HENRY CARTER / 5TH [FROM LEFT] R.T. SWEENEY / END AT RIGHT C.J. BAUERLE, JR."NotesSubject Note: The Caledonian Insurance Company building was constructed in 1936 at 150 Cogswell Street to the designs of Carl J. Malmfeldt. Later known as the Caledonian-American Insurance Company, the business was the Hartford branch of a Scottish firm. (Finlay 12/19/2003)
Subject Note: Only 2003.55.65 is clearly identified as relating to the Caledonian Insurance Company. However, all but 2003.55.64 show people in what appears to be the same interior, and probably relate to the Caledonian Insurance Company. 2003.55.64 appears to be a photograph of an employee banquet in a different location. (Finlay 12/19/2003)
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