Telephone pole, Camp Merritt, 1917

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NJ, Bergen; USA, NJ, Demarest
1917-09-17
overall: 5 x 7 in.; 12.7 x 17.78 cm

5 x 7 glass plate negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons at Camp Merritt, Bergen County, NJ, September 17, 1917. Close, center view of telephone pole behind a cabin. Construction began on Camp Merritt on August 20, 1917. A temporary camp was set up in Demarest, NJ while construction continued. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "Camp Merritt". Taken as a part of the New York Telephone Company series.

ANN.1984.187.5365

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