Coin counting machine, New York Telephone Company, ca. 1912

glass negative

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

8x10 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons ca. 1912 in New York City, New York. Image of two men standing inside of a wire cage using a coin counting machine that fills cloth bags with nickels. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "135 / Box 11-14 / Box 11 / Tel Co. / Counting Machine / Box 11". Typed information from a Rosenfeld 3x5 index card: "N.Y. Tel. Co.: Counting machine / Neg. No. 135 / Box 11 / Pos. 10". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.135

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection