Thomas D. Green in Photometric Room, Hartford-Empire Company
SubjectPortrait of
Thomas D. Green
American, 1902 - 2006
PhotographerProbably photographed by
Hartford-Empire Co.
American, founded 1918
Datec. 1946-1947
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 10 × 8in. (25.4 × 20.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Carole Hornik and Sharon Cantone
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of Thomas D. Green in the Photometric Room at the Hartford-Empire Company, c. 1946-1947.
Object number2023.44.1
InscribedPrinted in black on paper affixed to back of photograph: "This we grandly called the 'Photometric Room.' / The bench comprised two steel tubes clamped on feet / that rested on a steel girder resting in turn on two / cast concrete stools. / The glass tank, containing usually monochlorbenzene, / was made by, I think, Libbey Owens Ford at the time / they were developing the Thermopane window process. / The gallows held the glass object so that it could be shown on the screen. / It could also be set upon a stool of aluminum standing / in the tank. / One day, after long use of this thing, we came in and / found the whole place messed. The monochlorbenzene / had reacted with the aluminum during the night. (We / found that out by scratching the aluminum under the / drink. / The room was ventilated by air coming in through that / little ventilator in the wall. Nobody ever complained / of a headache, despite the hours we spent in there -- / just that 500 watts in the apparatus made it sometimes / too warm. / We wore jackets and ties in those days, ca. 1942. / 8/3/86 T. D. Green"NotesSubject Note: This photo shows a projection of a section of a babyfood jar onto a screen to reveal the distribution of glass in the jar without cutting it. For a detailed description of the photograph, see the letter dated 4 February 1963 written by Thomas D. Green.On View
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Reverend Thomas Robbins
