Signal Tower and Trolleys, NYC, New York, 1920

nitrate negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1920-05-01
nitrate negative
8 x 10 x 0 in.

8x10 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons, May 1, 1920 of a street intersection on the corner where the New York City Public Library is in the background. In the foreground are a great many people crossing the street on either side of 3 trolleys also crossing the street with the traffic. In the center is a signal tower, the first type of street and automobile stop and go lights. Waiting for the signal to change is a car and a bus to the right. Typed negative neg. sleeve info.: "10,882 / [Box] 855-11". Handwritten info.: "5/1/20 / Signal Tower Story / Miss James /Telephone Review". Videodisc address: 3-31072. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.10882

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection