"Miscellaneous Church Details 28C"

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1880-1973, undated

GUSN

GUSN-295251

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Description

Photo album titled: "Miscellaneous Church Details 28C." Title and volume number are hand printed in black on spine. Album has a beige fabric covering and 132 dark gray pages, some of which are now loose. Twenty of the pages are blank. Album contains two loose and 122 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of church furnishings manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor, Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. The order number and year are often shown on a display in the photographs; model numbers are also provided in some cases. Customer names are handwritten on some album pages. Named customers are: Mrs. James Cox Brady (Gladstone, NJ); Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York, NY); Cathedral of the Holy Cross; Miss E. R. Childs (Great Neck, NY); Church of the Ascension (Fall River, MA); Church of the Intercession; Dix Memorial Chapel; 86th Street Convent (New York, NY); First Presbyterian Church (New York, NY); Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago, IL); Grace Church; Mrs. Hugh Grant; Holy Cross College; Parish of All Saints - Ashmont (Dorchester, MA); Montclair Congregational Church (Montclair, NJ); St. Aidan's Church; St. Bartholemew's Church (New York, NY); St. Bernard Church; St. Mary's Cathedral (Fall River, MA); St. May's Parish (Winchester, MA); St. James' Church (New London, CT); St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Bennington, VT); Trinity Chapel (Buffalo, NY); and Trinity Church (New York, NY). Digital images of a selection of photographs from the album are attached to this record.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Christian religious building fixtures
doors
Stations of the Cross
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Strong Museum number 57.28C

Physical Descrption

1 photo album containing 132 pages and 124 photographs (14 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 3 inches)

Collection Code

CC010

Collection Name

Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

Date of Acquisition

2012

Reference Code

CC010.002.039

Acqusition Type

Museum Purchase

Dimensions

14 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 3 (HxWxD)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Compiler)
A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Compiler)
Irving & Casson (Compiler)

Material Type

photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs

Description Level

File

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