Weighing Two Tons of Lead, Kearny, NJ, 1929
safety negative
PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVESRosenfeld and Sons
USA, NJ, Kearny
1929-01-14
8 x 10 in.
8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on January 14, 1929. Image of man weighing two tonds of lead. Visible in image: man in coveralls and newsboy cap facing a "TOLEDO / NO SPRINGS" scale as power lift holds lead bricks inside a factory. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “33497 / 1/14/29 / WECo-110 Central Ave-Keanyy [sic], NJ / Mr. Palmer Dept. 487-1 Weighing Two Tons of Lead / Kearny, NJ“.
1984.187.33497
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection