Man soldering on frame, circa 1912

black-and -white negative

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

8x10 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons circa 1912. Image commissioned by the New York Telephone Company. Visible in image: repairman kneeling on floor soldering telephone wires on main frame of switchboard while a repairman behind him works on another portion of the mainframe. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "N.Y. Tel. Co / 11th Home / 4". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

ANN.1984.187.923

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection