Telephone company wagon near Wells, Nevada, circa 1915

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NV
1915-1916 (copy negative)
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8 x 10 gelatin silver print, made from an 8 x 10 glass plate copy negative, taken by Rosenfeld and Sons. 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 print was made from a copy negative by Rosenfeld in 1915 or 1916. Stamped on back in oval: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU ST. N.Y. / Phone Beekman 3-4970".

1984.187.2790A.2

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