Telephone operators and supervisors at switchboards on both sides of room, circa 1912

glass negative

8x10 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons circa 1912. Image of telephone operators and supervisors at switchboards on both sides of room. Visible in image: large switchboard complex with about 60 operators and 10 supervisors, switchboard numbers 113 to 214, in center are small stands with switches, and a main desk, stairs lead up to office, hanging fans and lights. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "134".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection