Couple in Bed Awakened at Night Reach for the Telephone, AT&T, 1928

safety negative

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 12, 1928. Image of couple in bed awakened at night reach for telephone. Visible in image: couple in separate twin beds look scared and apprehensive as wife reaches for standing telephone on the bedside table with lamp and clock and telephone book. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “32604 9/12/28 / 1839-2 / A T & T Co-195 Bdway, City. / Miss F J Weber, Room 536 Copy of retouched photo at studio“.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection