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| Title | Lobby of Union Savings Bank & Trust Company? with Voss Washing Machine display |
| Studio Name/Location | Bawden Brothers |
| Date Original | September 3, 1932 |
| Description | Photograph of interior of bank lobby with display of Voss Washing Machines. Display consists of two ringer washing machines, Model E-69 on left and Model E-76 at right, with pair of rinse tubs in center. To left is full size photographic cutout of man and woman standing looking at machines with sign at feet "Now dear we can save - Voss." Sign on floor at center "Free This $10.75 set of self-draining tubs and stands with every Voss washer." Sign at top center "only the Voss has these features.. " Sign at right is probably as reproduction of advertisement from Good Housekeeping magazine, dated Sept. 1932. People standing at bank teller windows right and left background. Lobby is two stories with balcony on second floor in background. |
| Location Depicted | Southeast corner of Brady and Third Street, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa |
| Subject | Washing machines
Advertising
Advertisements
Banks
Union Savings Bank & Trust Company (Davenport, Iowa)
Voss Brothers Manufacturing Company (Davenport, Iowa)
Davenport (Iowa)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Bank location from 1932 Davenport City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Contact Chief Curator at (563) 324-1054 ext. 223 or email schlichting@putnam.org. |
| Image Number | 1962.75.82 |
| Repository | Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science, 1717 West 12th Street, Davenport, Iowa 52804 |
| Repository Collection | Bawden Brothers Collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a photographic print scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the shadows from 0 to 10, and brightness -6 using Adobe PhotoShop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-01-22 |
| File Name | putBBCb4f3_82 |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, http://www.umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi River region. |
