Palace Theatre, Boston, MA

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, MA, Boston
1915-1916 (copy negative)
overall: 10 x 8 in.; 25.4 x 20.32 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 the New Palace Theatre in Boston, Mass. Building facade seen with billboards advertising: "GREAT PICTURE SPECIAL / THE DEAD MANS CHILD / DETECTIVE STORY...". This print is from a copy negative of a photograph, date of original photograph unknown. Large white matte board captured in copy negative with handwritten caption: "The Birthplace of the Telephone. / 109 Court St. Boston, Mass. / On the top floor of this building, in 1875, / Professor Bell carried on his experiments / and first succeeded in transmitting speech / by electricity."

1984.187.2794.2

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection