Western landscape, telephone lines, 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 telephone poles stretching across a flooded plain, probably in Nevada, circa 1915. Mountain peaks seen on the horizon. Original photographer unknown, original (non Rosenfeld) negative number 1833. This print was made from a copy negative, made by Rosenfeld in 1915 or 1916. Stamped on back in oval: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU ST. N.Y.C. / BEEKMAN 2850 / Negative No ___".

1984.187.2790B.4

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection