Telephone coin operated machine money collection, 1912

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1912-01-03
emulsion on glass
8x10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on January 3, 1912, New York City, New York. Image of $745.80 in coin collected by Mr. Down's of the New York Telephone Company. Visible in image: man standing next to a table with a wall telephone, coin box and pile of coins on the table, above which is a sign that reads: "$745.80 collected / by Mr. Downs on / Jan. 3, 1912. Relieved / of coin twice during / day by auto. Time 8 H'RS. / No. of Nickels: 14,916 / Weight 155 LBS". Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "134 / Box 11-10 / Box 11 / Mr. Downs / Collecting $745.80 / Tel. Co.". Typed information from a Rosenfeld 3x5 index card: "N.Y. Tel. Co.): Mr. Downs collection $745.80 (1912) / Neg. No. 134 / Box 11 / Place 10". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.134

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection