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Anita Searl Writing at Desk, circa 1933

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Artifact Overview

Though new communications technologies -- including telephones, typewriters, and telegraphs -- had emerged by the 1930s, many Americans still sent handwritten letters to distant family and friends.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

circa 1933

Subject Date

circa 1933

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

88.54.91

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. From the Estate of Myrta Schwartz.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 2.75 in
Width: 4.5 in

Anita Searl Writing at Desk, circa 1933