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William Shinn & Company, Inc. photographs

Creation: 1930-1940
 Collection
Accession: 1994-233

Abstract

The firm of William Shinn & Co. installed stamped sheet-metal ceilings, cornices, skylights, roofing, and ductwork and employed about a dozen workers and apprentices. The company was founded in 1907 in Wilmington, Delaware by William Shinn (1883-1947), a tinsmith and cornice worker, and his brother John A. Shinn (1885-1955). This collection contains mages of the William Shinn shop with attached office and another view of their rooftop sign on the Shinn warehouse. There are interior and exterior views of the house of customer.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930-1940

Creator

Extent

7 item(s)

General Physical Description

5 photographic prints : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.5 in. 2 negatives : b&w ; 3 .5 x 5.5. in.

Historical Note

The firm of William Shinn & Co. was founded in 1907 in Wilmington, Delaware by William Shinn (1883-1947), a tinsmith and cornice worker, and his brother John A. Shinn (1885-1955). The firm was incorporated around 1923. It installed stamped sheet-metal ceilings, cornices, skylights, roofing, and ductwork and employed about a dozen workers and apprentices. It was reorganized as the William Shinn Sheet Metal Company, Inc., around 1947, following the deaths of both brothers.

Scope and Content

Images consist of a view of the William Shinn shop with attached office and another view of their rooftop sign on the Shinn warehouse. There are interior and exterior views of the house of customer (?) William Worrall, "Potter View," located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, possibly on Old Kennett Pike. Last item is a photographic Christmas/New Years postcard signed "Frank."

Location

GL Box 2.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Related Material

William Shinn & Company, Inc. records (Accession 1856), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

Language of Materials

English

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title:
William Shinn & Company, Inc. photographs
Date:
2014
Description rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description:
English
Script of description:
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository

Contact:
PO Box 3630
Wilmington Delaware 19807 USA
302-658-2400