Railroad crane unloading Western Electric spools from Pennsylvania train #806, circa 1914

glass negative

8x10 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons circa 1914. Image of railroad crane unloading Western Electric spools from Pennsylvania train #806. Visible in image: spools of cable numbered 108A to 112B sit by railroad track as crane lifts spool #52B off train, on far track are cars from "AUTOMOBILE / UNION PACIFIC / 15079", water tower and phone poles in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "2328 / 186-3 / W.E. Co. / Box 186".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection