I was wondering if anybody could provide information about the
Standard Flashlight Company and its midcentury group photos.  About
ten or twelve years ago in a San Francisco antique store I came across
a framed photo of group of insurance executives, taken in 1960 and
credited to the Standard Flashlight Co.  I picked it up for the sheer
kitsch value and the curious blend of amateur enthusiasm and jaded
professionalism it embodies, and have cherished it ever since.  Last
summer, I was visiting friends at their rented house in Woodstock, NY
and discovered on the living room wall another photo--this one
depicting members of the New York Police Department taking their ease
at a hotel banquet--also credited to the Standard Flashlight Co.

I have since become very interested in these strangely compelling
photos, and was wondering if anybody had any information on the
company, its work, whether someone was in possession of its archives,
whether there were similar enthusiasts who might be willing to post
their photos, etc.

Web searches have been unsatisfactory (Google pulls up one photo of
theirs, in the Denver Library Collection, I believe).

Thanks for any help you can offer.  My apologies if this is not the
most appropriate newsgroup--it's my first attempt at posting on this
subject--and I'd appreciate it if someone could redirect me.

Johannes