Woman Assembling Ortho-Technic Audiphones at Western Electric, Kearny, NJ, 1938

safety negative

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on August 31, 1938. Image of woman assembling ortho-techic audiophones at Western Electric, Kearny, NJ. Visible in image: woman in floral dress with white collar and cuffs, wearing glasses and ribbon in her hair, working on fitting two discs together, one of which has sockets for a plug. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “53808 8/31/38 / 2501-16 / WECo-195 Broadway, City / Mr. R L Ware, Room 928 Ortho-Technic Audiphone Assembly / at Kearny, NJ“.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection