New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Untitled

Artist Unknown

Publisher Royal Photo

CultureAmerican

Date19th century

MediumPhotograph

DimensionsOverall, Image: 5 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (14.9 × 20 cm)
Overall, Support: 9 1/4 × 10 7/8 in. (23.5 × 27.6 cm)

InscribedInscriptions on the reverse in ink: "26412". In pencil: "Atlantic Hotel/Norfolk". In ink: "Before 1898". Stamped: "E. Griffith Dodson, 531 Westover Avenue, Norfolk 7, Virginia". Stamped: "Neg. No............/Branch of ROYAL PHOTO, CO/332 Indiana Ave.N.W./Washington D.C."

Credit LineMuseum collection

Object number0.842

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DescriptionPhotograph depicting a public sitting room; columns down center of room (right of center of photo); black and white tile (?) floor. Man in Derby seated at mid-left reading paper, and 5 men at rear at desk. Three holes punched at bottom of mat.