Kitchen at telephone company, 15 Dey Street, NYC, 1917

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1917-8-9
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 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. Interior view of the 15 Dey Street, NY, telephone company office kitchen. Cafeteria cooks seen slicing meat and doing other kitchen duties. Women are seen wearing aprons and hats. Various kitchen utensils seen hanging and stored under shelves. Image taken on August 9, 1917. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "6254 / 8/9/1917 / 504--3 / SA / Tel. Co. / Kitchen at 15 Dey St / Box 504".

1984.187.6254

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