Telephone company wagon near Wells, Nevada, circa 1915

glass negative; copy negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NV
1915-1916
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8 x 10 glass plate copy negative made by Rosenfeld and Sons. Original photographer of image was from the western part of the United States. Image taken as part of long term commissioned work and documentation for the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, ranging from 1910 through the 1940s. View of a Bell Telephone wagon crossing the desert in Wells, Nevada. A transcontinental telephone line seen in the foreground as the horse drawn wagon passes. Snow covered mountainous landscape scrolls the backdrop. Original photographer unknown, this copy negative was made by Rosenfeld in 1915 or 1916. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "2790-A / 223--12 / 23 Col / #397 / Box 223".

1984.187.2790A

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