Law Office

Law Office

This photograph was identified by Jim Keefe as being in the Joslyn Law Office. If so, it may have been taken after 1873 when the Joslyn block (110 and 112 S. Benton) was constructed after a fire destroyed the block in 1872.

Without a doubt it is a law office with law books on book shelves on two sides of the room. The ceiling light appears to be a gas lamp. Woodstock was not electrified until 1897.

There are numerous house plants in pots on the window sills and on a table. "Parlor plants" became popular in Victorian times since that architecture provided lots of interior light from many windows. The room does seem to have another window in the lower left that is streaming light on the table and floor.

The photo is too blurry to determine whether the left window has a tree outside or if this is a floral design on a sheer curtain. The right window might have a bird cage inside or it might be something outside like an elecric pole.

There is not enough information to identify this as the Joslyn law office.

Jim Keefe (copy of Medlar photo)

1800~