Name/Title
Photograph, Gertrude CraneEntry/Object ID
2022.2.9Description
Photograph of Miss Gertrude Crane, stenographer, at Willimantic Linen Company or American Thread Company office in Willimantic, CT, c. 1892-1904. Albumen print pasted onto cardboard. Unknown photographer. Crane appears in the 1892 and 1893 Willimantic Directories as an employee of the Willimantic Linen Company and a boarder at 230 Church Street in Willimantic, in the 1895 and 1896 Directories as an employee of the WLC and a boarder at 209 North Street in Willimantic, in the 1897 and 1898 Directories as an employee of the WLC and a resident of Mansfield, CT, and in the 1899-1904 Directories as an employee of ATC and a resident of Mansfield. WLC became ATC in 1898. At least one of the cards on her desk is a trade card. There is a clock on one wall, and perhaps a telephone receiver on another.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Albumen PrintSubject
Gertrude CraneSubject Person or Organization
American Thread CompanySubject Place
Neighborhood
Willimantic, CTCity
Windham, CTContinent
North AmericaRegion
NortheastCollection
American Thread Company CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Print, AlbumenNomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsProvenance
Provenance Detail
Found ObjectCopyright
Copyright Holder
Public DomainCreated By
Eves, J.Create Date
November 11, 2022Updated By
Eves, J.Update Date
November 11, 2022