Woman at a switchboard, circa 1912

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
New York
Circa 1912
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8 x 10 glassplate negative taken by Morris Rosenfeld, circa 1912. View of a woman telephone switchboard operator at work. Woman is seated with her back to the camera, seen wearing a head piece and with her left hand reaching to the board. Handwritten on negative sleeve "B. Board". Taken for the New York Telephone Company series.

1984.187.396

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection