Royal Typewriter Company
PhotographerPhotographed by
David F. Ransom
Dateabout 1985
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper on paper mounts
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 1/8in. (8.9 x 13cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 1/8in. (8.9 x 13cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 1/2 x 11in. (21.6 x 27.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 1/8in. (8.9 x 13cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 1/2 x 11in. (21.6 x 27.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism
DescriptionExterior views of the buildings of the Royal Typewriter Company complex after they had been vacated. Brick industrial buildings have corner towers, fire escapes, water tanks, chimneys, smoke stacks, garage doors, and loading docks. Leafless trees and pine trees are outside some buildings. Chain link fences surround buildings in some photographs. Automobiles and trucks are parked by the sidewalks and snow is on the ground in some photographs.
Object number2007.16.1.1-.63
InscribedEach mount, on recto, upper right, typed in black ink, "Royal Park, Hartford, CT."; typed captions above or below each photograph; lower right of each photograph, in pencil, accession number.NotesSubject Note: The Royal Typewriter Company, a leading manufacturer of typewriters, was founded in 1906 and went out of business in the 1970s. (Finlay 5/9/2007)Constituent Note: David F. Ransom took these photographs for the Connecticut Historical Commission, before it became part of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. (Finlay 5/9/2007)
On View
Not on view
James Parker
about 1935
