Accession Number

2012.009

Description

One 1953 black and white American press photograph depicting Edna Wallace Hopper. She is sitting at her trading desk on Wall Street NYC. She is touching the stock ticker with one hand while holding a telephone receiver with the other.

Narrative

Ms. Hopper was the stepdaughter of Alexander Dunsmuir. Her business acumen enabled her to rise to highest levels in business, a story that this photograph effectively communicates. 

History of Use

This photograph was released by American Press (AP) in New Yok City on May 20, 1953 for use by unspecified print media. Its subsequent history of use is unknown. The inscription suggests the photograph was taken in 1952.

Date

1952

Dimensions

22.5 x 18 cm

Photograph Type

Gelatin silver process

Subject/Image

Edna Wallace Hopper at her Wall Street trading desk.

Medium

Photographic

Support

Paper, Photographic paper

Inscription

The front: 425 1"WIDE ALL ED SUN

The verso: 1098 B7843 WIDE WORLD PLEASE CREDIT FOR USE SUNDAY MARCH 23 WITH [indistinct lettering] NEW YORK AP--N STORY ON EDNA WALLACE HOPPER 1953 MAY 20 PM 3:56

BELLE OF OLD NEW YORK STILL ACTIVE 

EDNA WALLACE HOPPER, THE BELLE OF BROADWAY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, SEEMS TO HAVE A FORMULA FOR ETERNAL YOUTH - WORK! WHATEVER HER AGE, THOUGH ONE GOOD SOURCE SAYS SHE WAS BORN ON JAN. 17, 1874, MISS HOPPER FOR SIX DAYS A WEEK GOES TO THE OFFICE OF A WALL STREET BROKER AND PUTS IN A FULL DAY TAKING CARE OF HER INVESTMENTS, AS SHOWN ABOVE. ALMOST SIXTY YEARS AGO MISS HOPPER WAS A MEMBER OF THE CAST WHICH OPENED NEW YORK'S LEGENDARY EMPIRE THEATRE.
8905 1110A 3/10/52 AOE NY STF CN 15

Country of Origin

United States of America