Western Electric Story, women making wire attachments, ca. 1915

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY
ca. 1915
emulsion on glass
8 x 10 x 0 in.

8x10 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons, ca. 1915 at one of the Western Electric Companies in New York. View of a very large factory room full of many women at tables making wire attachments for telephone use. Handwritten neg. sleeve envelope: "3718 / [Box] 296-4 / Telephone / Mr. Gorden / Tel Review / Western Electric Story." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.


1984.187.3718

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection



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