Man Talking on Telephone aboard S/S LEVIATHAN, 1929

safety negative

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on November 20, 1929. Image of man talking on standing telephone aboard 950' Blohm & Voss ocean liner LEVIATHAN (built 1914 in Hamburg, Germany). Visible in image: man sitting in his cabin talking on standing telephone, print of "S S LEVIATHAN / The World's Greatest Ship" on the wall, ashtray stand and small shelf with lamp to man's right, patterned carpet on floor. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “36655 11/20/29 / 1992-23 / Bell Telephone Laboratories, / 463 West St, City / Mr. Holdem, Room 1102 Photo aboard the S/S Leviathan“.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection