Name/Title
Photo Album of photos of construction of the Posey Tube, 1927Entry/Object ID
1997.82.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.82.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TUBE; POSEY
DATE OR PERIOD: 1927
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
DESCRIPTION:
LOOSE-LEAF PHOTO ALBUM, WITH COVER OF IMITATION BROWN COLORED LEATHER. CAPTION ON COVER --- IN EMBOSSED LETTERING --- STATES, "PHOTOGRAPHS" IN GOLD. BINDING SECURED BY METAL SCREWS: INTERIOR PAGES OF BLACK-COLORED PAPER.
SIZE: L 7-1/4" X W 11"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SERIES OF BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARD SIZE, DEPICTING VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE POSEY TUBE. EACH PHOTO BEARS A CAPTION AND IS DATED. THIS COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS, ETC. BELONGED TO SHERMAN GIBBS, AN ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT, AND FATHER OF THE DONOR.
ACQUIRED FROM:
PHYLURA RYKEN
DATE: FEBRUARY 8, 1997
