Governor Baldwin of Connecticut, 1939

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1939-06-21
overall: 4 x 5 in.; 10.16 x 12.7 cm

4 x 5 black-and-white negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons on June 21, 1939. View of Governor Baldwin of Connecticut, seen standing with an unidentified man, in the Hotel Lexington, New York City, June 21, 1939. Man seen pointing toward a wall mural that appears to be a photocollage of Connecticut images. Several work schooners seen docked at a pier in the mural, including the schooner RUTH MARGARET. Capital building also seen in the mural, in an oval photographic overlay. The Governor is standing to the right in a darker suit. Raymond Earl Baldwin was a Republican Governor of Connecticut 1939-1941, and again 1943-1946. This photograph is part of a series of images taken for hire by the Lexington Hotel, currently the Radisson Lexington Hotel in the corner of 48th Street and Lexington Ave. It became well known for its Hawaiian Room, a night club offering native Hawaiian singers of the times. The series may be part of a 10 year celebration of the Hotel, which opened in 1929, or part of a promotion relating to the World's Fair. Typed on original negative sleeve: "54782 6/21/39 / Hotel Lex-48th St & Lex Ave, City / Governor Baldwin of Conn in group / Mr. Sutton / 2542-4".

1984.187.54782F

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