Telephone Advertising Series - Ordering Books Story, 1930's

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
New York
1930's
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in

8x10 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in the 1930's commissioned by the New York Telephone Company of New York for advertising the easy use of the telephone. Image of a young woman, Miss Gunther, dressed in a checked blouse and dark skirt, seated at a desk placing an order on the telephone. On the desk is a book, a small photograph and a glass with flowers in it. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "520 / Box 43-2 / Tel. Co. / Miss Gunther / Box 43." Typed information from 3x5 Rosenfeld index card: "Ditto (checked blouse) / Neg. 520 / Box 43 / Pos. 2". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.520

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection