Telephone cables, opened out, 1915

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1915-1916
overall: 10 x 8 in.; 25.4 x 20.32 cm

8 x 10 glass plate negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons. Image taken as part of long term commissioned work and documentation for the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, ranging from 1910 through the 1940s. View of four telephone cables, seen opened out, 1915 or 1916. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "2688 / 215--1 / Four cable - buds opened out (in bloom?) / Box 215".

1984.187.2688

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection