Instruction Room Interior at American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York City, 1939

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1939-01-23
8 x 10 x 0 in.

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on January 23, 1939. Image of instruction room interior at American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York City. Visible in image: large classroom with peg boards listing originating cities at the top and connecting city abbreviations below with instructional posters on plug colors representing circuit troubles, desks set up in middle of room with chairs set up in rows behind them, five women are sitting at the desks and a sixth inserts pegs into the wall. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “54510 1/23/39 2530-20 / A T & T Co- 32-6th Ave, City / Mr. J G Lindsay, Room 2736 Photo of instruction room interior“.

1984.187.54510

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection