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Advertisement for Ghirardelli chocolate bars

Description:
Advertisement photograph for Ghirardelli chocolate bars with a chocolate bar in the foreground, and with "Ghirardelli's" and the profile of a baker in a chef's hat and holding a baker's peel appearing as shadows in the background. In addition, "Ghirardelli's" appears in bold black letters applied to a plate of glass -- used to create the shadow. "Ghirardelli Since 1852" is embossed ion the top chocolate bar.
Date:
[between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Advertisement for Ghirardelli chocolate bars

Man and woman speaking at a sound stage or radio station with technicians at the controls, 1930-1950

Description:
Man and woman standing behind a window, speaking or singing, in front of a microphone at a sound stage or radio station. A technician is seated in front of the window at a desk with controls and another technician operates controls on a panel. This may be related in some manner to the National Auto Shop reference on the negative sleeve.
Date:
[between 1930-1950]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Man and woman speaking at a sound stage or radio station with technicians at the controls, 1930-1950

Photomontage advertisement for "Double X Floor Cleaner," circa 1934

Description:
Photomontage advertisement for "Double X Floor Cleaner" with a can of the product on a wooden floor. A line of 14 repeated images of a woman mopping, and a circle of 19 images of a men mopping have cleaned areas of a wooden floor. "Double X Makes Old Floors New" is displayed in three-dimensional letters and "Makes Varnish Vanish" appears on a circular cleaned area of the floor.
Date:
[circa 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Photomontage advertisement for "Double X Floor Cleaner," circa 1934

Photomontage composition showing a bar graph scaled by mountain climbers to illustrate the sales growth of "Double X Floor Cleaner," circa 1931

Description:
Photomontage composition showing a bar graph made of strips of floor boards with the years from 1924 to 1931 along the bottom apparently showing the sales growth of "Double X Floor Cleaner" during that time. Superimposed are photographic images of small men wearing lederhosen and holding picks and ropes scaling the bar graph. A strong light casting a dark shadow against the wall behind, enlarges the figures and graph bars, increasing the drama of the scene and giving it a cinematic aspect.
Date:
[circa 1931]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Photomontage composition showing a bar graph scaled by mountain climbers to illustrate the sales growth of "Double X Floor Cleaner," circa 1931