Maid Kneeling to Plug Telephone into Wall, 1929

safety negative

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on March 4, 1929. Image of maid kneeling to plug telephone into the wall. Visible in image: woman in French maid's outfit: black dress with white apron and hat- kneeling on floor looking at camera as she plugs the phone into the wall, side table with turned legs and flower arrangement and doily on top. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “34110 3/4/29 / 1901-20 / A T & T Co-195 Bdway, City / Mr. W C Langdon, Room 2611-C Copy of retouched photo at studio“.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection