Switchboard operators in heavy overcoats, 1919

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1918-07-13
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8x10 glass plate negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 13, 1918. Image of War Telephone Scene at AT&T. Visible in image: women operators at switchboard, men in uniform, desk furniture, clock, stove, oil lamps/lighting devices, clock, books- Ecole Pigier and Benediction, and curtains. Written on original negative sleeve: "Copy of War Telephone Scene / Telephone Review / ATT Mr. Ellsworth.

1984.187.7967

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection