"A" board with one girl at switchboard, 1914

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1914-10-07
glass
10x8 in.

8x10 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons October 7, 1914. Image of "A" board with one girl at switchboard in New York Central Office. Visible in image: female switchboard operator sitting at switchboard #138, in row of switchboard to number 145, tiled flooring, signs overhead give toll rates for five minute calls, and listings for "Central Office". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: 2464 / 196-9 / Telephone Co / "A" Board one girl at board / 10/7/14 / Box 196".

1984.187.2464

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection