Hayden & Crouch chairs and rockers photographs
Creation: circa 1890Abstract
Hayden & Crouch were in the chair manufacturing business for a ten-year period from 1888 to 1898 in Rochester, New York. No mention is made of Hayden & Crouch after the 1898 directory. The album contains pictures of thirty-five wooden chairs, some with casters, some rocking chairs.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1890
Creator
- Hayden and Crouch (Organization)
Extent
1 volume(s)
General Physical Description
1 album (18 albumen silver prints) ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
Historical Note
Hayden & Crouch were in the chair manufacturing business for a ten-year period from 1888 to 1898 in Rochester, New York. No mention is made of Hayden & Crouch after the 1898 directory. Their chairs were featured in The Decorator and Furnisher in 1893. In 1895, Hayden & Crouch filed for incorporation in Albany, and the directors were C. B. Woodworth, Oscar E. Hayden, Wesley Crouch, Mortimer Crouch, and Emil Senn. In 1898, the State of New York had the Hayden & Crouch factory having eighty-five employees, down from 116 in 1894.
Scope and Content
The album contains pictures of thirty-five wooden chairs, some with casters, some rocking chairs. Each chair is numbered, but there is no key or list included.
Location
GL Box 1.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Hayden & Crouch chairs and rockers photographs
- Date:
- 2015
- 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
