Switchboard with operator's arm, circa 1912

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris; Rosenfeld and Sons; Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
Circa 1912
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in

8x10 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons circa 1912. Image of switchboard with operator's arm. Visible in image: switchboard numbered with metal tags "3" to "83" cables plugged into switchboard, the operator's arm pictured is making a phone connection. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "36 / Eleventh Hour Series."

ANN.1984.187.1103

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection